Friday, April 8, 1977 47
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Irving Tat' Spiegel, NY Times Symbol
at National Jewish Conferences, Dies
I
For more than three dec-
ades it was inconceivable
that a Jewish national gath-
ering should be held in this
country without the pres-
ence of Irving Spiegel, who
became popular as "Pat"
on the New York Times
staff.
LEONA ALTER, 68, died
April 2. She leaves a son,
Shelley; a brother; Morton
Lewis; a sister, Mrs. Sid-
ney (Adeline) Tauber; and
one granddaughter.
***
IRVING "PAT" SPIEGEL
He even covered world
Jewish conferences, in Is-
rael and elsewhere, when-
ever there was general Jew-
ish interest in the move-
ment. He covered the Coun-
cil of Federations General
Assemblies, Zionist Organi-
zation, Hadassah and Hista-
drut events, and the reli-
gious functions were de-
fined by him with journalis-
tic skill.
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Monument
Unveilings
Unveiling announcements may
be inserted by mail or by calling
The Jewish News, 17515 W. Nine
Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich.,
48075, 424-8833. Written an-
nouncements must be accom-
panied by the name and address of
the person making the insertion.
There is a standing charge of $5
for an unveiling notice measuring
an inch in depth, and $10 for a
notice two inches deep with a
black border.
The family of the late
Rose Kovan Kaufman an-
nounces the unveiling of a
monument in her memory
11 a.m. Sunday, April 17, at
_ Machpelah Cemetery.
Rabbi Schnipper will offici-
ate. Relatives and friends
are asked to attend.
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The Family
of the Late
JEANETTE
MOSKOWITZ
Announces the unveil-
ing of a monument in her
memory 1 p.m. Sunday,
April 17, at Beth Tefilo
Cemetery. Rabbi Gold-
man will officiate. Rela-
tives and friends are
asked to attend.
The Family
of the Late
SHIRLEY
SHOENIG
Announces the un-
veiling of a monument
in her memory 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 17, at
Chesed Shel Emes Cem-
etery (Hebrew Me-
morial Park). Rabbi
David Lieberman will
officiate. Relatives and
friends are asked to at-
tend.
"Pat" Spiegel died March the Gulf of Mexico.
Somehow—and Mr. Spie-
31 at age 69. He was the sen-
ior reporter on The Times, gel on the trail of a story
having joined the news- was as wily as a great con
paper as a copy boy in 1925. artist, mixing flattery,
He was noted for his promises, threats and cajo-
furious energy and irrepres- lery—he talked his way
aboard a search plane and
sible humor.
He earned his nickname, filed history.
The achievement he used
Pat, after covering several
stories at St. Patrick's Ca- to recall most happily—his
thedral, a custom of new re- arms flailing, his eyes burn-
ing, doing imitations of
porters on The Times staff.
Mr. Spiegel was known td everyone involved—was his
his associates as a fanatic work in behalf of another re-
when covering a story. Dur- porter. His own name did
ing recent weeks when ill- not appear on the article.
It was a story about a
ness confined him to his
apartment he refused to young Ku Klux Klansman
give up his search for news. and member of the Ameri-
He spurned pleas by his can Nazi Party, Daniel
wife, Vera, and instead he Burros. Another reporter,
bent over the telephone and McCandlish Phillips, after
typewriter, gathering and. days of digging and inter-
writing articles for The viewing, was quite certain
that the American Nazi was
Times.
When the Hanafi Mos- a Jew. He needed one bit of
lems took over the Bnai evidence—proof that Burros
Brith building in Washing- had had a Bar Mitzva. Mr.
ton recently, Mr. Spiegel, Spiegel undertook this part
who could barely walk with of the investigation.
He went to the Queens
a cane, flew to the capital
neighborhood where Burros
to file the story.
On his 50th anniversary was supposed to have
at The Times, Jewish organ- grown up. It was on a Satur-
izations all over the country day.
He entered a synagogue,
set up award ceremonies
put on a prayer shawl and
for him.
Although Mr. Spiegel mixed with the worshipers.
spent most of his reporting In Yiddish, he inquired if
years covering stories anyone knew a Daniel
about Jewish organizations Burros. Interviews led him
and events—sometimes in to a synagogue and the
Israel—he preferred to re- rabbi who had confirmed
call his work on police, fea- Burros.
In writing of this leg-
ture and general stories,
for which he won several work, in 1967, when Mr.
publisher's awards at The Spiegel was the guest of
honor at a dinner in the
Times.
He earned one of the Walforf-Astoria Hotel given
prizes in 1959. While Mr. by Jewish organizations, Ar-
Spiegel was attending a thur Gelb, then the metro-
meeting of the Union of politan editor of The Times
American Hebrew Congre- and now its deputy manag-
gations in Miami Beach. ing editor, said, "It was the
The Times' national editor backbone of a frontpage
told him that a plane with story that attracted world-
42 persons had crashed into wide attention."
Dr. Stern of Smithsonian Dies,
Ex-Detroiter Directed Museum
Dr. Harold P. Stern, a De-
troit native who became di-
rector of the Freer Gallery
of Art at the Smithsonian In-
stitution in 1971, died April
3 at age 54.
Dr. Stern earned a bache-
lor's degree in political sci-
ence at the University of
Michigan where he later re-
turned for a doctorate in
Far Eastern art history.. He
came to the Freer Gallery
of Art, one of the Smithso-
nian's eight museums, in
1949 on a research fellow-
ship, was appointed assist-
ant director in 1962 and
later became director.
As the gallery's director,
Dr. Stern was responsible
for increasing the its endow-
ment fund and for acquir-
ing objects important to the
collection.
He was internationally
known as a scholar in Japa-
nese antiquities. His re-
search in Ukiyoe painting is
widely recognized.
He was a consultant to
the Japanese government
on a loan exhibition in 1953
and was an adviser for the
Korean government loan ex-
hibition that toured the U.S.
from 1957 to 1958.
He was a member of the
U.S.-Japanese Conference
on Cultural and Education-
al Exchange, which was
concerned with museum in-
terchange.
A resident of Washington,
D.C., at the time of his
death, Dr. Stern leaves his"
father, Meyer D. of Ann
Arbor; a brother, Dr.
Aaron of Ann Arbor; and a
sister, Mrs. Morton (Doro-
thy) Hochman. Interment
Detroit.
OBITUARIES
JEROME BERKOVITZ,
67, 15316 Northgate Blvd.,
Oak Park, died April 5. Sur-
vived by his mother, Mrs.
Ethel Berkovitz; and two
sisters, Mrs. Louis (Flor-
ence) Woronow and Mrs.
Leonard (Ruth) Gross.
***
ADELE FRANK BIT-
TKER, 75, former Detroiter
of Washington, D:C., died
April 5. She leaves a sister,
Mrs. Moses (Gertrude) Hy-
man of Washington, D.C.;
and three grandchildren. In-
terment Detroit. Services
10 a.m. today at Beth El
Memorial Park. ,
***
NINA BLOCK, 74, died
April 2. She leaves her hus-
band, Harry; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Rae Mucasey
and Mrs. Martin E. (Ber-
nice) Holander; and seven
grandchildren.
***
HENRY J. SMOLINSKY,
BELLA LEVY, 82, 19100
79, 15241 Burton, Oak Park,
died April 2. Survived by
his wife, Tillie; and five
daughters, Mrs. Norman
(Frieda) Leemon, Mrs.
Leonard (Pauline) Schrei-
ber, Mrs. Sol (Muriel) Ho-
berman, Mrs. Jacqueline
Klein of Beverly Hills,
Calif., and Mrs. Floyd
(Gail) Tukel; 17 grand-
children and three great-
grandchildren.
W. Seven Mile, died April 4.
Survived by three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Nathan (Sally)
Bennett, Mrs. Lillian
Robins and Mrs. Joseph
(Anne) Menken; a brother,
Louis Rabinowitz of Flor-
ida; five grandchildren and
eight great-grandchildren.
***
TILLIE MILLER,
74,
14080 Wales, Oak Park, died
April 6. Survived by her hus-
band, William C.; a son,
Maxwell H. ; a brother,
David Hantler; a sister,
Mrs. Jack (Ann) Abugow;
and five grandchildren.
WE REMEMBER
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Duringth- e
coming week
Yeshivath Beth
Yehudah will
observe the
Yahrzeits of the
following de-
parted friends,
with the tradi-
tional Memorial
Prayers, recita-
tion of Kaddish
and Studying of
Mishnayos.
***
OSCAR ROTHSTEIN, for-
mer Detroiter of Ludington,
died April 3. He leaves a
brother, Maurice of Lan-
sing; and two sisters, Mrs.
Samuel (Dora) Hamburger
and Mrs. David (Tena)
Stern; nephews and a
niece.
Sidney A. Deitch
DETROIT
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DR. RUDOLF LEISER
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MEYER B. MARCUS
22 10
SAMUEL D. RADMER
22
10
GUSSIE ROTTENBERG
22 10
DORA SCHMALTZ
22 10
SAMUEL SALASNEK
23 11
BEILA R. BAS AVROHOM
23 11
PAULINE GOLDBERG
23 11
SOLOMON GOLDBERG
23 11
MAX LIPSON
23 11
KALMA N SCHWE ITZER
23 11
SHIFRA STOLLMAN
24 12
CHAIM H. EINHORN
24 12
YAAKOV EINHORN
24 12
YISROEL BEN REUVEN
24 12
MARTIN BAGGLEMAN
24 12
MIRIAM DUBIN
24 12
ETHEL DVORKIN
24 12
BERNARD HELF GOTT
24 12
JOSEPH KOHN
24 12
SAMUEL LOWENBRAUN
24 12
ISADORE PODOLSKY
24 12
ISADORE RABINOVITZ
24 12
BAILA REVZIN
24 12
ROSE WOOL
CELIA ASHMAN
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25 13
ESTHER FLAYER
25 13
SOPHIE GOLDBERG
25 13
PEARL J. KLEIN
25 13
ISAAC ZINGESER
26 14
LOUIS R. BURNS
26 14
WILLIAM GOLDSTEIN
26 14
BARNET LYNN
26 14
LOUIS ROSENTHAL
26 14
NORMAN SILVERMAN
26 14
JOSEPH WEINENGER .
26 14
DAVID WIENER
27 15
BENJAMIN BLOOM
27 15
CHAYA S. BLOTNICK
27 15
ROSE KOMISAR
27 15
PHILLIP SILBERT
27 15
SAMUEL H. SINGER
27 15
ABE SLOTNICK
27 15
SADIE SPIEGELMAN
28 16
JACOB BUEHLER
28 16
HARRY COHEN
28 16
ELIYAHU GREENBAUM
28 16
DORA LIPMAN
28 16
SAM MILLER
28 16
LOUIS MODELL
28 16
ABRAHAM RUBIN
28 16
GERTRUDE SCHECTER
DR. HERBERT WALDMAN 28 16
28 16
RACHEL I. WOHL
14441 W. 11 Mile Rd.
Gardner, l'etw, Coolidge & Greenfield
399-2711 Eve. 626-0330
HYMAN COOPER, 63,
died April 2. He leaves two
brothers, Bernard and Ir-
ving; and a sister, Mrs.
Jack (Yetta) Goodman.
Nathan Levenson
Nathan Levenson, owner
of N and H Hardware on
Michigan Ave. since 1917,
died April 3 at age 80.
Born in Poland, Mr. Le-
venson leaves his wife,
Molly; a son, Hyman; two
daughters, Mrs. Albert (Lil-
lian) Goldberg and Mrs. Er-
nest (Dorothy) Men-
delsohn; -a brother, Morris;
eight grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Paul Corby, 77
Paul Corby, retired presi-
dent and founder of Paul
Corby Associates, Inc., man-
ufacturers' representatives
for toy and hobby com-
panies, died April 2 at age
77.
Born in Germany, Mr.
Corby lived 38 years in De-
troit. He founded his com-
pany in 1944 and retired in
1973. He was a member of
Temple Beth El and . the
Hobby Industry of America.
He leaves his wife, Erika
two daughters, Mrs. Rich-
ard (Eve) Kommel and
Mrs. Herbert (Margot)
Gardner; a brother, Walter
Cohn-Becker of Belgium;
and six grandchildren.
The whole Arab popu-
lation of Ertz Israel, in-
cluding Transjordan, 100
years ago was less than
250,000. Many who came
later were attracted by
the economic growth of
the Zionist upbuilding of
the land.
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