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ANNIVERSARIES AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS

UNITED STATES

July 7, 1940. New York, N.Y.: Eightieth birthday 9f ABRAHAMCAHAN, editor of Jewish Daily Forward, novelist, trade union leader.

July 12, 1940. Pittsburgh, Pa.: Celebration of eightieth anniversaryof birth of HENRY KAUFMANN, communal leader.

July 24, 1940. San Francisco, Cal.: Sixtieth anniversary of birth ofERNEST BLOCH, composer.

August 17, 1940. Newport, R.I.: One hundred and fiftieth anni-versary of the address of George Washington to the "Hebrew Congre-gation of Newport, R.I.," celebrated bv Touro Synagogue.

September 20-22, 1940. Omaha, Neb.: Celebration of seventiethanniversary of founding of TEMPLE ISRAEL.

September 23, 1940. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of seventy-fifthanniversary of founding of JEWISH HOSPITAL.

October 18-20, 1940. New York, N.Y.: Celebration of twenty-fifthanniversary of NATHAN STERN, as rabbi of West End Synagogue.

October, 1940. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversaryof founding of the RUMANIAN AMERICAN CONGREGATION.

November 9, 1940. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of seventy-fifthanniversary of birth of ELLIS A. GIMBEL, merchant and philanthropist.

November 27-December 1, 1940. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration oftwo hundredth anniversary of founding of CONGREGATION MIKVEHISRAEL, fourth oldest Jewish congregation in the United States.

November 29, 1940. Savannah, Ga.: Celebration of one hundredand fiftieth anniversary of granting of charter to CONGREGATIONMICKVE ISRAEL, oldest Jewish congregation in the South.

November, 1940. Fort Wayne, Ind.: Celebration of seventy-fifthanniversary of founding of the EMEK BERACHA LODGE of B'nai B'rith.

December 2-9, 1940. New Haven, Conn.: Celebration of one hun-dredth anniversary of founding of CONGREGATION MISHKAN ISRAEL.

December 8, 1940. New York, N.Y.: Celebration of fiftieth anni-versary of founding of CONGREGATION ZICHRON EPHRAIM and ofBERNARD DRACHMAN as its rabbi.

December 21, 1940. New York, N.Y., and Palestine: Celebration ofeightieth anniversary of birth of HENRIETTA SZOLD, Zionist leader andfounder of Hadassah.

December 22-29, 1940. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of one hun-dredth anniversary of founding of TEMPLE BETH ISRAEL.

December, 1940. Portland, Ore.: Seventy-fifth anniversary offounding of PORTLAND LODGE of B'nai B'rith.

January 12, 1941. New York, N.Y.: Celebration of seventieth anni-versary of birth of CHAIM TSCHERNOWITZ, Talmudic scholar and pro-fessor at Jewish Institute of Religion.

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January 18, 1941. Boston, Mass.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversaryof the founding of the B'NAI ZION EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY.

January 26, 1941. Milwaukee, Wis.: Celebration of eightieth anni-versary of birth of SOLOMON I. SCHEINFELD, dean of local rabbinate,and the fortieth anniversary of his service as rabbi in Milwaukee.

February 14-16, 1941. Buffalo, N.Y.: Celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of MONTEFIORE LODGE of B'nai B'rith.

February 16, 1941. New York, N.Y.: Commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of death of HENRY JONES, founder of B'nai B'rith.

March 12, 1941. Cincinnati, O.: Celebration of sixtieth anniversaryof birth of JULIAN MORGENSTERN, and the twentieth anniversary ofhis presidency of Hebrew Union College.

April 25, 1941. Houston, Tex.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversary offounding of CONGREGATION ADATH YESHURUN.

April 26, 1941. New York, N.Y.: Celebration of eighty-fifth anni-versary of birth of HENRY MORGENTHAU, Sr., diplomat.

May 2, 1941. Richmond, Va.: Celebration of one hundredth anni-versary of the founding of CONGREGATION BETH AHABAH, and thefiftieth anniversary of EDWARD N. CALISCH in the rabbinate.

May 3, 1941. New York, N.Y.: Celebration of sixtieth anniversaryof birth of ALEXANDER KAHN, manager of The Jewish Daily Forwardand vice-chairman of the J.D.C.

May 28, 1941. Philadelphia, Pa.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversaryof founding of the JEWISH SHELTERING HOME FOR THE AGED.

May 30, 1941. Detroit, Mich.: Celebration of seventieth anniver-sary of birth of HENRY M. BUTZEL, judge, communal worker.

May, 1941. Washington, D.C.: Celebration of fiftieth anniversaryof founding of ARGO LODGE of B'nai B'rith.

OTHER COUNTRIES

July 17, 1940. London, England: Celebration of seventieth anni-versary of establishment of the UNITED SYNAGOGUE.

September 9, 1940. Tel Aviv, Palestine: Celebration of one hundredthanniversary of birth of HERMANN SCHAPIRA, initiator of the JewishNational Fund and of the Hebrew University, marked by naming ofa street in his memory.

October, 1940. England: Celebration of seventieth anniver-sary of birth of ENRICO GLICENSTEIN, sculptor, twice awarded thePrix de Rome.

November 6, 1940. London, England: Celebration of seventiethanniversary of birth of VISCOUNT (HERBERT LOUIS) SAMUEL.

November 15, 1940. London, England: Celebration of seventiethanniversary of birth of JACOB ROSENHEIM (formerly Frankfort, Ger-many), president of the AGUDATH ISRAEL WORLD ORGANIZATION.

December [6], 1940. Liverpool, England: One hundred and fiftiethanniversary of founding of LIVERPOOL OLD HEBREW CONGREGATION.

December 14, 1940. Riga, Latvia: Celebration of eightieth anni-versary of birth of SOLOMON DUBNOV, historian.

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December 14, 1940. London, England: Celebration of eightiethanniversary of birth of Rabbi C. SELIGMANN (formerly Frankfort,Germany).

December [20], 1940. Stockholm, Sweden: Celebration of sixtiethanniversary of birth of MARTIN LAM, professor of Swedish literature.

December, 1940. London, England: Celebration of one hundredthanniversary of the establishment of THE JEWISH CHRONICLE.

January, 1941. Jerusalem, Palestine: Celebration of seventy-fifthanniversary of founding of the DORESH ZION SCHOOL.

February 11-13, 1941. Hedera, Palestine: Celebration of fiftiethanniversary of founding of the HEDERA COLONY.

February, 1941. Montreal, Canada: Celebration of fiftieth anni-versary of founding of the STANLEY STREET SYNAGOGUE.

March 1, 1941. Montreal, Canada: Celebration of fiftieth anniversaryof birth of SAMUEL BRONFMAN, industrialist, communal leader.

May 4, 1941. Johannesburg, Union of South Africa: Celebration ofseventy-fifth anniversary of birth of J. L. LANDAU, rabbi.

June 1, 1941. Oxford, England: Commemoration of hundredthanniversary of OXFORD JEWISH COMMUNITY and seventieth anniversaryof repeal of Oxford University religious tests.

APPOINTMENTS, HONORS, AND ELECTIONSUNITED STATES

ABRAHAMS, EDMUND H., Savannah, Ga., appointed Chairman ofAdvisory Board of the National Park Service, reported, Oct. 31, 1940.

ADLER, JULIUS OCHS, Colonel, New York, N.Y., appointed by WarDepartment as commanding officer of reception center at Fort Dix,N.J., for induction of men called to duty under the Selective ServiceAct; announced Sept. 30, 1940.

ALPERIN, MAURICE G., Boston, Mass., appointed by PresidentRoosevelt, member of United States Assay Commission, Feb. 3, 1941.

AMBERG, JULIUS H., Grand Rapids, Mich., appointed special assis-tant to Secretary of War, Jan. 16, 1941.

BARNET, PHILLIP, New Bedford, Mass., re-elected to State Legis-lature, Nov. 5, 1940.

BAUM, LESTER, New York, N.Y., elected member of New York CityCouncil, April 1, 1941.

BERLIN, IRVING, New York, N.Y., awarded by National Committeefor Music Appreciation, plaque, for composition "God Bless America,"Sept. 9, 1940.

BLOOM, SOL, New York, N.Y., re-elected member of United StatesHouse of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

*BLUMENTHAL, GEORGE, New York, N.Y., re-elected president ofMetropolitan Museum of Art, Feb. 17, 1941.

BRACKMAN, DAVID M., Roxbury, Mass., re-elected to State Senate,Nov. 5, 1940.

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BURCK, JACOB, Chicago, 111., awarded Pulitzer Prize for best news-paper cartoon of 1940, announced May 5,'1941.

CELLER, EMANUEL, New York, N.Y., re-elected member of UnitedStates House of Representatives, Nov. S, 1940.

COOK, MILTON, Roxbury, Mass., elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

DAVIDSON, IRWIN D., New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

DEUTSCH, BABETTE, New York, N.Y., awarded Julia Ellsworth FordFoundation Prize of $2,000 for best children's book of 1941, "WaltWhitman: Builder for America," May 23, 1941.

DIAMOND, DAVID, Buffalo, N.Y., appointed by Governor Lehman,State Supreme Court Justice, to fill vacancy caused by death of JusticeBertram E. Harcourt, Jan. 15, 1941.

DICKSTEIN, SAMUEL, New York, N.Y., re-elected member ofUnited States House of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

DOLLINGER, ISIDORE, New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

*EDELSTEIN, M. MICHAEL, New York, N.Y., re-elected member ofUnited States House of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

EHRLICH, HAROLD B., Buffalo, N.Y., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

ELLENBOGEN, EDWARD, Omaha, Nebr., appointed chaplain, U.S.Army, reported, March 19, 1941.

FALK, ALEXANDER A., New York, N.Y., elected to State Senate,Nov. 5, 1940.

FAEBSTEIN, LEONARD, New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

FEINBERG, BENJAMIN F., Plattsburg, N.Y., re-elected to StateSenate, Nov. 5, 1940.

FERSTER, SAMUEL S., Newark, N.J., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. S, 1940.

FINESTONE, LEWIS J., Philadelphia, Pa., elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

FRANK, JEROME N., New York, N.Y., appointed by PresidentRoosevelt, Judge of Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Feb. 13, 1941.

FRANKFURTER, FELIX, Washington, D.C., awarded honorary degreeof Doctor of Laws by Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., July 16,1940.

FRIEDLANP, JACOB, Jersey City, N.J., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

FRIEDMAN, LOUIS L., Brooklyn, N.Y., elected to State Legislatureat special election, Feb. 18, 1941.

GANS, JULIUS J., New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

GILMAN, WILLIAM R., Maiden, Mass., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. S, 1940.

GINZBERG, Louis, New York, N.Y., awarded honorary degree ofDoctor of Hebrew Letters by Dropsie College, Philadelphia, Pa.,May 18, 1941.

GITTELSON, HARRY, Brooklyn, N.Y., elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.


GOLDWATER, SIGISMUND S., New York, N.Y., awarded 1940 Awardof Merit for "distinguished service in the hospital field" by AmericanHospital Association, announced Aug. 28, 1940.

GORBATY, AARON, Cumberland, Md., appointed chaplain in U.S.Army, reported, March 19, 1941.

GREENBERG, JACOB, New York, N.Y., re-elected by Board of Edu-cation, Associate Superintendent of New York City schools, Sept. 11,1940.

GUTMAN, DANIEL, Brooklyn, N.Y., elected to State Senate, Nov. 5,1940.

HALPERN, SEYMOUR, Kew Gardens, L.I., N.Y., elected to StateSenate, Nov. 5, 1940.

HARRIS, M. M., San Antonio, Tex., elected chairman of board oftrustees of Public Library, reported, June 5, 1941.

HARRIS, NATHAN, Newark, N.J., awarded Silver Star decoration foran exploit as second lieutenant in the American Expeditionary Forcein October, 1918, reported, April 9, 1941.

HELLMAN, LILLIAN, New York, N.Y., awarded New York DramaCritics Circle annual award for play "Watch on the Rhine," April 221941.

HILLMAN, SIDNEY, New York, N.Y., appointed by President Roose-velt, Associate Director General of Office for Production Management,Jan. 7, 1941.

HIRSCHMANN, IRA A., New York, N.Y., appointed by Mayor FiorelloH. LaGuardia, member of Board of Higher Education, July 2, 1940.

HONIG, EMANUEL, Brooklyn, N.Y., appointed chaplain, U.S. Army,reported, March 19, 1941.

HONIG, JACOB, Huntington, L.I., N.Y., appointed chaplain, U.S.Army, reported, March 19, 1941.

JOSEPH, LAZARUS, New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Senate,Nov. 5, 1940.

KALUS, HARRY, Roxbury, Mass., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

KAPLAN, CHARLES, Dorchester, Mass., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

KARP, ELIAS, Scranton, Pa., appointed chaplain, U.S. Army, reported,March 19, 1941.

KLEINFELD, PHILIP M., Brooklyn, N.Y., re-elected to State Senate, •Nov. S, 1940; appointed by Governor Herbert H. Lehman, Judge ofState Supreme Court, Second Judicial District, Jan. 13, 1941.

KOERNER, HENRY, Brooklyn, N.Y., (formerly Vienna, Austria),awarded 81,000 first prize in poster competition conducted by theNational Alliance of Art and Industry for the American Society forthe Control of Cancer, reported, Oct. 17, 1940.

KOPPLEMANN, HERMAN PAUL, Hartford Conn., elected member ofUnited States House of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

KRAUSS, SAMUEL, (formerly Vienna, Austria), awarded honorarydegree of Doctor of Divinity by Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O.,May 24, 1941.

LEHMAN, HERBERT H., Albany, N.Y., awarded honorary degree >


Doctor of Laws by Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NewYork, N.Y., June 15, 1941.

LEIBOWITZ, SAMUEL S., Brooklyn, N.Y., elected Judge of KingCounty Court, Nov. 5, 1940.

LEONARD, LEON, Atlantic City, N.J., elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

LEV, ARYEH, Brooklyn, N.Y., called to active duty in Office ofChief of Chaplains in War Department, Nov. 13, 1940.

LIEBERMAN, GEORGE B., rabbi, Wheeling, W. Va., awarded honorarydegree of Doctor of Literature, by West Virginia Wesleyan University,reported, May 30, 1941.

LIEF, JOSEPH HENRY, Brooklyn, N.Y., appointed chaplain, U.S.Army, reported, May 2, 1941.

LITTAUER, NATHAN J., Union City, N.J., re-elected to State Legis-lature, Nov. 5, 1940.

LOBEL, Louis, Boston, Mass., elected to State Legislature, Nov. 5,1940.

LOEWI, OTTO, New York, N.Y., (formerly Graz, Austria, co-winnerof 1936 Nobel Prize in medicine), appointed Research Professor ofPharmacy at New York University; reported, Sept. 17, 1940.

MARGOLIS, JOSEPH, Chelsea, Mass., elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

MARSHALL, JAMES, New York, N.Y., re-elected President of NewYork City Board of Education, May 13, 1941.

MATZ, ISRAEL, New York, N.Y., awarded honorary degree of Doctorof Hebrew Letters, by Jewish Theological Seminary of America, NewYork, N.Y., June IS, 1941.

MEYER, ARTHUR, New York, N.Y., appointed Chairman of theState Mediation Board, Dec. 11, 1940.

MEYER, EUGENE, Washington, D.C., appointed by President Frank-lin D. Roosevelt, member of National Defense Mediation BoardMarch 19, 1941.

MILLER, CHARLES, Chelsea, Mass., elected to State Legislature,Nov. S, 1940.

MINTZ, MORRIS M., New York, N.Y., elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

MORGENSTERN, JULIAN, Cincinnati, O., elected president of Societyfor Biblical Literature and Exegesis, Jan. 25, 1941.

MOSES, ROBERT, New York, N.Y., awarded gold "order of merit"medal by National Institute of Arts and Letters for "his distinguishedcreative beauty in New York City," Jan. 18, 1941.

NEUBERGER, RICHARD L., Portland, Ore., elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

NEUMAN, ABRAHAM A., Philadelphia, Pa., appointed President ofDropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning, Feb. 16, 1941.

PACK, CARL, New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Senate, Nov. 5,1940.*PHILLIPSON, IRVING J., Brigadier-General, Fort Ontario, N.Y.,

appointed Chief of Staff of Second Corps Area, Feb. 8, 1940.REINHAET, ARTHUR J., Portsmouth, N.H., elected to State Senate,

Nov. 5, 1940.

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RIBICOFF, ABRAHAM A., Hartford, Conn., elected to State Senate,Nov. S, 1940.

RICHMOND, HARRY, Wichita, Kans., appointed chaplain, U.S. Army,reported, March 19, 1941.

RIFKIND, SIMON H., New York, N.Y., appointed by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt, Judge in Federal Court for Southern Districtof New York, April 25, 1941.

RITTENBERG, DAVID, New York, N.Y., awarded the Eli Lilly awardof $1,000 in biological chemistry given annually to chemists under 35,for "brilliant work on isotopes as tracers in chemical reactions,"April 7, 1941.

ROSENBERG, JAMES N., New York, N.Y., decorated by PresidentM. J. Troncoso de la Concha, of Dominican Republic, for work infounding Sosua Colony, Feb. 3, 1941.

ROSENTHAL, NORBERT L., Chicago, 111., appointed chaplain, U.S.Army, reported, March 19, 1941.

ROSENWALD, WILLIAM, New York, N.Y., elected member of theBoard of Directors of the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York,reported, March 3, 1941.

ROWE, LEO S., Washington, D.C., awarded gold insignia of PanAmerican Society for activity in Pan American Union, Nov. 7, 1940.

SABATH, ADOLPH J., Chicago, 111., re-elected member of UnitedStates House of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

SACKS, LEON, Philadelphia, Pa., re-elected member of United StatesHouse of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

SCHICK, BELA, New York, N.Y., awarded by Forum of Allergy,Gold Medal for contribution to treatment of allergy, Jan. 12, 1941.

SCHOTTLAND, CHARLES I., Los Angeles, Cal., appointed AssistantChief of United States Children's Bureau, Washington, D.C, reported,April 28, 1941.

SCHREIBER, BENJAMIN F., New York, N.Y., elected Judge of StateSupreme Court, First District, Nov. 5, 1940.

SCHULMAN, ABRAHAM, Rochester, N.Y., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

SCHWARTZ, RALPH, Brooklyn, N.Y., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

SCHWARTZWALD, JACOB J., Brooklyn, N.Y., re-elected to StateSenate, Nov. 5, 1940.

SCHWEITZER, DAVID J., New York, N.Y., director of San Domingooffices of Dominican Republic Settlement Association, decorated byPresident M. J. Troncoso de la Concha, of Dominican Republic, forwork in founding Sosua Colony, Feb. 3, 1941.

SEGAL, BERNARD, Queens Village, L.I., N.Y., appointed chaplain,U.S. Army, reported, July 17, 1940.

SHAPERO, HAROLD S., Newton, Mass., awarded by American Acad-emy in Rome, 1941 Prix de Rome of $1,000 for musical composition"Nine-Minute Overture," June 8, 1941.

SIEGEL, NORMAN, Monticello, N.Y., appointed chaplain, U.S. Army,reported, March 19, 1941.

SILVER, ABBA HILLEL, Cleveland, O., awarded honorary degree ofDoctor of Hebrew Letters by Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 0.,May 24, 1941.


SILVERMAN, ALEXANDER, Pittsburgh, Pa., awarded 1940 PittsburghAward of Pittsburgh Section of American Chemical Society for out-standing service to chemical education and for distinguished contribu-tions to industrial chemistry and the ceramic industries, March 20,1941.

SLEPIAN, JOSEPH, Swissvale, Pa., elected member of National Aca-demy of Sciences, reported, May 21, 1941.

STEIN, CLARENCE S., New York, N.Y., awarded annual medal ofhonor of N.Y. Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his"high professional achievements"; announced, Feb. 11, 1941.

STEINGUT, IRWIN, Brooklyn, N.Y., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. S, 1940.

STRAUS, HERBERT C , LOS Angeles, Cal., appointed chaplain, U.S.Navy, reported, Feb. 27, 1941.

TINTNER, BENJAMIN A., New York, N.Y., appointed chaplain, U.S.Army, with rank of lieutenant-colonel; reported, March 19, 1941.

TURSHEN, MAX M., Brooklyn, N.Y., re-elected to State Legislature,Nov. 5, 1940.

WACHTEL, ARTHUR, New York, N.Y., re-elected to State Legisla-ture, Nov. 5, 1940.

WEINBERG, SIDNEY J., New York, N.Y., appointed assistant directorof purchases in the United States Office of Production Management,May 5, 1941.

WEINBERGER, JACOB, San Diego, Cal., re-elected President of Boardof Education, July, 1940.

WEISS, SAMUEL A., Glassport, Pa., elected member of United StatesHouse of Representatives, Nov. 5, 1940.

WOLFSOHN, JOEL D., Chicago, 111., appointed Assistant Commis-sioner of the General Land Office, reported, March 21, 1941.

ZIMBALIST, EFREM, Philadelphia, Pa., appointed director of CurtisInstitute of Music, Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 24, 1941.

OTHER COUNTRIES

ADLER, F. B., , Union of South Africa, appointed Director ofField Army Artillery Training, reported, Aug. 9, 1940.

APTOWITZER, AVIGDOR, Jerusalem, Palestine, awarded honorarydegree of Doctor of Hebrew Letters, by Jewish Institute of Religion,New York, N.Y., June IS, 1941.

AVIGDOR, SAMUEL, , Egypt, appointed by Council of Ministers,member of State Consultative Council of Agriculture, reported,March 7, 1941.

BARDEGA, BERNARD, London, England, sergeant observer, awardedDistinguished Flying Medal for gallantry and devotion to duty,reported, Oct. 11, 1940.

BERGSON, HENRI, (deceased) Paris, France, honored by memorialmeeting of the French Academy, reported, Jan. 23, 1941.

BONAVENTURA, ENZO, Jerusalem, Palestine (formerly Florence, Italy),appointed professor of psychology at the Hebrew University, reported,Sept. 27, 1940.


BRODIE, ISRAEL, London, England, appointed first Jewish chaplainfor the R.A.F. to serve in the Middle East, reported, Dec. 15, 1940.

CASSIN, RENE, , England (formerly Paris, France), appointedmember of the Council of Defense of the French Empire, reported,Nov. 8, 1940.

CASSUTO, UMBERTO, Jerusalem, Palestine (former Chief Rabbi ofFlorence and Professor of Hebrew, Universities of Florence and Rome),appointed to the faculty of Institute of Jewish Studies at the HebrewUniversity, reported, Sept. 27, 1940.

CATTAUI, RENE BEY, , Egypt, appointed by Council of Minis-ters, member of State Consultative Council of Agriculture, reported,March 7, 1941.

CHERNICHOVSKY, SAUL, Jerusalem, Palestine, awarded Bialik prizefor literature for poem "Look, the Earth," Jan. 10, 1941.

COHEN, HAROLD E., Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, appointed Austra-lian Red Cross Commissioner for the Middle East; reported, June 22,1940; re-elected member of Victoria Legislature; reported, July 5, 1940.

COHEN, JULIUS ALLAN, Flight-Lieutenant, Sydney, Australia, awardedDistinguished Flying Cross, Sept. 19, 1940.

COHEN, KALMAN JACOB, assistant superintendent of Palestine police,awarded King's Police Medal, for distinguished service, Jan. 1, 1941.

COHEN, RONALD JOSEPH, squadron leader in Royal New ZealandAir Force, awarded Air Force Cross, Jan. 1, 1941.

COHEN, MRS. TEMIMAH LITNER, Toronto, Canada, elected memberof Board of Education, Jan. 1, 1941.

DE SOLA, RAPHAEL, Lieutenant, London, England, appointed Com-mander of Ship of the Royal Navy, following heroic action in rescueoperations at Dunkirk, announced, Feb. 14, 1941.

DICHY, MOISE BEY, Alexandria, Egypt, awarded by King of Egypt,Commander of Order of the Nile, reported, March 7, 1941.

EPSTEIN, LAZAR, Kaunas, Lithuania, appointed by government ofSoviet Lithuania, Inspector General of Health, reported, May 2, 1941.

ERLEIGH, VISCOUNT, London, England, Second Lieutenant in Ar-mored Corps of the Dragoon Guards, awarded Military Cross forgallant and distinguished service in the field, Sept. 29, 1940.

FEIGENBAUM, ARIEH, Jerusalem, Palestine, appointed Professor ofOpthalmology at the Hebrew University, reported, October, 1940.

FEKETE, MICHAEL, Jerusalem, Palestine, re-elected Dean of theFaculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University, reported, July 26,1940.

FLEISHMAN, DAVID, Sergeant, in Rhodesian Regiment attached toSomaliland Camel Corps, awarded Military Medal for distinguishedservice in the field, announced, Feb. 11, 1941.

FOA, UGO, Rome, Italy, elected President of the Rome JewishCommunity, reported, March 7, 1941.

FRAMPTON, SAMUEL, Rev., Liverpool, England, awarded honorarydegree of Master of Arts by the University of Liverpool, reported,July 12, 1940.

FRANCO, ENRICO, Jerusalem, Palestine (formerly Pisa, Italy), ap-pointed head of the Department of Pathological Anatomy of theMedical Faculty at the Hebrew University, reported, October, 1940.

FRANKEL, S. H., , Union of South Africa, appointed member of


Government Committee to advise on questions of food supplies andreserves, reported, Oct. 2, 1940.

FREDERICIA, L. S., , Denmark, appointed member of FoodControl and Supply Board, reported, Sept. 27, 1940.

FRIEDE, MAXIMILIAN, (formerly Poland), appointed Polish Consul inEcuador, announced, Dec. 8, 1940.

FRIENDLY, JOCELYN, Sergeant, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa,member of R. A. F., awarded Distinguished Flying Cross, reported,Oct. 23, 1940.

FRIZI, MORDECHAI, Colonel, Albanian village of Bessantchi renamed"Frizi" by Greek Government in honor of officer who fell near thevillage, heroically leading his troops, announced, March 2, 1941.

FRUMKIN, GAD, Judge of Palestine Supreme Court, named HonoraryCommander of O.B.E., Jan. 1, 1941.

GAVENDA, SOLOMON, Wilno, Lithuania, named vice-mayor, July 15,1940.

GINSBERG, LESLIE, , , awarded Military Medal for "gallantand distinguished services" in the Middle East, reported, May 2,1941.

GOODHART, ARTHUR L., Oxford, England, awarded honorary degreeof Doctor of Laws, by Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn.,June IS, 1941.

GUEDALLA, PHILIP, London, England, appointed head of the LatinAmerican section of the Ministry of Information, reported, July 5, 1940.

HELFET, A. J., Calvinia, Cape, Union of South Africa, awarded theHunterian professorship by Royal College of Surgeons, London, re-ported, July 19, 1940.

HERZCU, MENDEL, Bucharest, Rumania, decorated by King Carol,for faithful services, Aug. 2, 1940.

HESS, MYRA, London, England, awarded Gold Medal of RoyalPhilharmonic Society, reported, June 13, 1941; created Dame Com-mander, Order of the British Empire, reported, June 13, 1941.

HOOFIEN, S., Netherlands Consul at Tel Aviv, Palestine, appointedConsul at Jerusalem, reported, May 28, 1940.

KINGSLEY, H. H., Manchester, England, prominent barrister, ap-pointed Crown Counsel in the Tanganyika Territory, reported, Aug. 30,1940.

KLABER, R., London, England, elected Fellow of Royal College ofPhysicians of London, reported, May 30, 1941.

KORETZ, HIRSCH, Salonica, Greece, elected honorary member ofParnassos, leading Greek literary society (first Jew), reported, March 23,1941.

KRAMER, MARCUS, London, England, pilot officer, awarded Distin-guished Flying Cross for gallantry and devotion to duty during airoperations, July 5, 1940.

LEVI, S. GERSHON, Montreal, Canada, appointed chaplain to allJewish troops in Canada, April 6, 1941.

LEVY, ELLIS, St. Andrew, Jamaica, appointed by Governor, memberof Legislative Council and Justice of the Peace for St. Andrew, reported,Sept. 27, 1940.

LEWIN, RAYMOND M., London, England, awarded George Crossfor bravery during rescue operations in R.A.F., reported, May 16, 1941,


LIBERMAN, SAUL, Jerusalem, Palestine, appointed by Jewish Theo-logical Seminary of America, Visiting Professor of Palestinian Litera-ture and Institutions, announced, Oct. 4, 1940.

MAIMUN, M. J., , Lithuania, appointed Vice-Minister of Indus-try for Soviet Lithuania, reported, Jan. 24, 1941.

MENTZ, BRIAN VAN, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, awardedDistinguished Flying Cross for services in R.A.F., reported, Nov. 1,1940.

MITTLEMAN, PINHAS, , Palestine, awarded Colonial Police Medalfor meritorious service, Jan. 1, 1941.

MUHLBERG, JACQUES, , Egypt, appointed by Council of Minis-ters, member of State Consultative Council of Agriculture, reported,March 7, 1941.

NELSON, WILLIAM HENRY, Montreal, Canada, awarded DistinguishedFlying Cross, reported, June 24, 1940.

NEWGASS, HAROLD REGINALD, London, England, awarded GeorgeCross for "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty," March 14,1941.

NIMAN, MARK ALFRED, Manchester, England, awarded DistinguishedFlying Medal, for gallantry and devotion to duty, reported, June 13,1941.

PEPO, JOSEPH, Salonica, Greece, decorated by government withMilitary Cross, March 14, 1941.

PERLMAN, C. S., , Australia, awarded the Military Medal forgallant and distinguished service, reported, May 23, 1941.

PHILLIPS, NATHAN, K.C., Toronto, Canada, re-elected Aldermanfor eighteenth consecutive term, Jan. 1, 1941.

PRILUTZKI, NOAH, Wilno, Lithuania, appointed professor of Yiddishlanguage at Wilno University, reported, Jan. 6, 1941.

RACAH, J., Jerusalem, Palestine (formerly Pisa, Italy), appointedProfessor of Theoretical Physics at the Hebrew University, reported,October, 1940.

RAGINSKY, MRS. A., Montreal, Canada, elected President of Hadas-sah Organization of Canada, Jan. 22, 1941.

READING, LADY, London, England, created Dame Commander ofthe Order of the British Empire, Jan. 1, 1941.

REYNOLDS, J., Captain, London, England, awarded Military Crossfor bravery at Dunkirk, reported, July 5, 1940.

ROLO, SIR ROBERT SIMON, , Egypt, appointed by Council ofMinisters, member of State Consultative Council of Agriculture, re-ported, March 7, 1941.

ROTH, LEON, Jerusalem, Palestine, elected Rector of the HebrewUniversity, reported, May 30, 1940.

SACHS, CAROL (formerly Warsaw, Poland) appointed Envoy Extraor-dinary to represent Polish Government at inauguration of PresidentFulgencio Batista of Cuba, reported, Oct. 9, 1940; appointed PolishConsul-General in Havana, Cuba, reported, Nov. 1, 1940.

SCHAUDER, ADOLPH, Port Elizabeth, Union of South Africa, electedMayor, Sept. 6, 1940.

SHAUS, L., Kaunas, Lithuania, appointed director of the SovietLithuanian Telegraphic Agency, reported, Dec. 19, 1940.


SIMON, F., Oxford, England (formerly Breslau, Germany), electedFellow of the Royal Society, reported, April 18, 1941.

SOLOMON, MARTIN H. B., Lieutenant, , England, awarded Dis-tinguished Service Cross for "good service during withdrawal fromDunkirk," March 14, 1941.

TORCZYNER, HARRY, Jerusalem, Palestine, awarded Bialik prize forscholarship, for edition of ancient Hebrew letters from Lachish, re-ported, Jan. 19, 1941.

ULLMAN, SOLOMON, Brussels, Belgium, appointed Chief Rabbi, byConsistoire of Belgium, reported, March 21, 1941.

WEIZMANN, CHAIM, London, England, appointed a scientific advisorto the British Government, reported, Dec. 16, 1940.

WISEMAN, MICHAEL MAX, London, England, awarded the Distin-guished Flying Medal, reported, May 16, 1941.

WOLF, ABRAHAM, London, England, elected Dean of the Faculty ofEconomics in the University of London, reported, Nov. 15, 1940.

YOFFEY, JOSEPH MENDEL, Cardiff, Wales, elected to a Hunterianprofessorship by Royal Society of Surgeons, London, reported, July 19,1940; appointed Professor of Anatomy at University of Bristol, re-ported, March 28, 1941.

SPECIAL BEQUESTS AND GIFTS

UNITED STATES

ANNENBERG, MRS. WALTER H., Haverford, Pa., donates threeambulances to the British Ambulance Corps; announced, Sept. 20, 1940.

ANONYMOUS ("MORDECAI BEN DAVID"), donates $50,000 to YeshivaCollege, for the establishment of an endowment fund, from which$1,000 will be awarded annually to the student or graduate achievingthe most noteworthy success in the promotion of American and Jewishideals; reported, Jan. 15, 1941.

ARONSON, LOUIS V., Newark, N. J. (died Nov. 2, 1940), bequeathedto Beth Israel Hospital, $5,000 in addition to $22,500 already donated;to Congregation B'nai Abraham all sums in which it may be indebtedto testator, and $5,000 in addition; Jewish Home for the Aged, $5,000;to Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., $2,500; and $4,000 to four institutions;filed, Nov. 21, 1940.

BALABAN, BARNEY, Brooklyn, N.Y., established Jewish Librarynamed for the late Moses D. Mosessohn, at the B'nai B'rith HillelFoundation at Brooklyn College; reported, December, 1940.

BARUCH, BELLE W. AND REN£E B. SAMSTAG, New York, N.Y.,donate the Annie Griffen Baruch X-Ray Department to the Knicker-bocker Hospital in memory of their mother, Jan. 16, 1941.

BARUCH, BERNARD M., New York, N.Y., donates $50,000 to NewYork University Medical College Alumni Fund, toward establishmentof a Samuel A. Brown professorship in therapeutics in honor of thedean emeritus; announced, Oct. 7, 1940.

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BERG, ALBERT A., New York, N.Y., donates to the New YorkPublic Library the book collection of W. T. H. Howe of Cincinnati, 0.,devoted to English and American nineteenth and twentieth centuryliterature, as a memorial to his brother, the late Henry W. Berg, andtrust fund for care and administration of the volumes; announced,Sept. 20, 1940. Donates jointly with Owen D. Young 10,000 to 15,000rare books, manuscripts and other literary treasures, to the New YorkPublic Library; announced, May 4, 1941.

BERLIN, IRVING, New York, N.Y., donates royalties from the song"God Bless America" to the Boy Scouts of America and the GirlScouts of America, to be used for patriotic purposes, with $43,646already available for distribution; announced, July 10, 1940.

B'NAI B'RITH, appropriates $100,000 to establish a Palestine Colonyin name of its president, Henry Monsky; reported, March 31, 1941.

BREITENBACH, JENNIE W., New York, N.Y. (died Dec. 6, 1940),bequeathed to Mount Sinai Hospital, $42,500; Federation for theSupport of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City, $15,000;Temple Emanu-El, $10,000; Association for the Aid of CrippledChildren, Jewish Social Service Association, Lebanon Hospital, $5,000each; New York Association for Jewish Children and American Societyfor the Control of Cancer, Inc., $2,000 each; and ten other bequests of$1,000 each; probated, Dec. 17, 1940.

COHEN, MR. AND MRS. FRANK, New York, N.Y., (Esco Fund Com-mittee) donate $15,000 to the Jewish Section of the Interfaith Committeefor Aid to the Democracies, for transmission to British War ReliefSociety; also an $18,000 gift of Navitol, through Jewish Section for useamong children of Great Britain; reported, April 9, 1941.

DREYFUS, MRS. BERTHA L., Stapleton, S.I., N.Y., donates fourbiological laboratories in memory of her husband, Dr. Louis A. Dreyfus,to the Wagner Lutheran Memorial College, Staten Island, N.Y.;Nov. 11, 1940.

FALK FOUNDATION, Pittsburgh, Pa., votes donation of approximately$100,000 to conduct a complete economic, medical and social surveyof the Dominican Republic, under the supervision of the BrookingsInstitute, Washington, D.C., Oct. 2, 1940.

FELS, MR. AND MRS. SAMUEL, Philadelphia, Pa., donate $42,000 toUnited Charities Campaign; reported, Feb. 7, 1941.

GABRILOWITCH, MRS. CLARA, (non-Jew) Detroit, Mich., donates com-plete music library of late Ossip Gabrilowitch (over 1,000 volumes) tothe Palestine Conservatoire of Music in Jerusalem; reported, Oct. 23,1940.

GERSHWIN, MRS. ROSE, New York, N.Y., donates complete set oflate George Gershwin's works to the Palestine Conservatoire of Music,Nov. 12,1940.

GIMBEL, MRS. BERNARD F., and family, New York, N.Y., donatemobile canteen trailer, to Bundles for Britain Committee on medicalaid; Dec. 18, 1940.

GOLDWYN, SAM., LOS Angeles, Cal., donates £20,000 to America'sAllied Relief Fund for aid of Britain's civilian war victims; reported,Oct. 18, 1940.

HADASSAH, New York, N.Y., donates $25,000 to Henrietta Szold,in honor of her eightieth birthday, "to foster any phase of work in


Palestine which she deems necessary to meet emergency conditionsbrought about by the war," Dec. 21, 1940.

HECHT, MRS. FANNIE, New York, N.Y., (died July 23, 1940),bequeathed $500,000 trust fund stipulated by husband Israel Hechtfor creation of Samuel and Henrietta Hecht Foundation to FurnishFree Coal to the Poor, for poor families of Philadelphia; reported,July 26, 1940.

ICKELHEIMER, HENRY H., New York, N. Y., (died Dec. 8, 1940),bequeathed to Cornell University, $25,000; probated, Dec. 13, 1940.

KAPLAN, JACOB H., Miami, Fla., donates library to the Universityof Miami; reported, May 30, 1941.

KAUFMANN, HENRY, Pittsburgh, Pa., donates $25,000 to the IreneKaufmann Settlement and $8,000 to twenty national and local institu-tions, July 12, 1940.

LABOLD, LEONA, Portsmouth, O., bequeathed to the University ofPennsylvania, $146,336 for cancer research; reported, Aug. 30, 1940.

LAMPORT, ARTHUR M., New York, N.Y. (died Nov. 8, 1940), be-queathed $150,000 for the Sadie and Arthur Lamport Foundation "toenlarge its beneficial scope without regard to race, color or creed";filed, Nov. 18, 1940.

LASKER, MR. AND MRS. ALBERT D., Chicago, 111., donate $50,000to National Committee for Planned Parenthood; announced, April 9,1941.

LOUCHHEIM, JEROME H., Philadelphia, Pa., donates $24,000 toUnited Charities Campaign; reported, Feb. 7, 1941.

MACHT, EPHRAIM, Baltimore, Md., donates $25,000 to the nurseshome of the Hebrew Home for the Aged; reported, November, 1940.

MEIS, ALEX, Cincinnati, 0., (died July 10, 1940) estate appraised at$1,250,000: on death of sister Mrs. Stella M. Hirsch, Philadelphia, Pa.,(died March 2, 1941): bequeathed to numerous charities of all faiths,residual estate, divided into 100 parts, including, 25 parts to JointDistribution Committee; 25 to United Jewish Social Agencies, Cincin-nati; three parts to the Cincinnati College of Medicine; two parts toInstitutum Divi Thomae; three to Catholic Charities, etc.; reported,March 6, 1941.

MEYER, ALBERT, Chicago, 111., (died May 10, 1941) estate valuedat $525,000: bequeathed $195,000 as follows: Michael Reese Hospital$100,000; Chicago Tumor Institute $25,000; Policemen's BenevolentAssociation, Home for Destitute Crippled Children, and Illinois SocialHygiene League, $15,000 each; and $25,000 to bring refugees fromGermany and assist them in establishing themselves in this country;reported probated, May 29, 1941.

PICK, ERNEST (non-Jew), Pittsfield, Mass., bequeathed $8,000 tothe Jewish National Fund; reported, Feb. 28, 1941.

ROSENWALD FAMILY ASSOCIATION, New York, N.Y., donates $10,000to the Hebrew University, Feb. 25, 1941; $25,000 to the NationalCommittee for Planned Parenthood, Feb. 28, 1941; $250,000 to Uni-versity of Chicago (conditional upon the raising of substantial contri-butions); announced, April 6, 1941.

ROSENWALD, LESSING J., Philadelphia, Pa., donates $38,850.30 toUnited Charities Campaign; reported, Feb. 7, 1941.

ROTHSCHILD, MAURICE, Chicago, 111. (died April 23, 1941) bequeathed

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$420,000 to charity, including $100,000 to Chicago Jewish Charities,and $20,000 to the Chicago People's Institute; reported, May 7, 1941.

STRAUS, AARON AND LILLIE, Baltimore, Md., donate $100,000 to thecity for construction of a new aquarium in Druid Hill Park; reported,July, 1940.

ULMANN, JAMES, New York, N.Y. (died March 10, 1940), netestate, $1,765,345: bequeathed to Federation for the Support of JewishPhilanthropic Societies of New York City, $534,316; Home for Agedand Infirm Hebrews, $267,158; to Montefiore Hospital for ChronicDiseases, the Jewish Social Service Association, Beth Israel HospitalAssociation, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Hebrew Orphan Asylum,$106,863 each; Home for Hebrew Infants at Kingsbridge, the HebrewSheltering Guardian Society, and Madison House, $53,431 each; toTemple Emanu-El, $3,500; and $50,000 to charitable organizations tobe designated by Gene Ulmann, who named eight organizations, ofwhich the National Refugee Service, Inc. received $18,000; appraised,Feb. 28, 1941.

WALD, LILLIAN D., Westport, Conn., (died Sept. 1, 1940) estate of$87,919 net, bequeathed to Henry Street Settlement, $50,779; appraised,June 17, 1941.

WARBURG, MRS. FELIX M., New York, N. Y., donates $10,000 to theJewish Theological Seminary of America, on the occasion of the 70thanniversary of her deceased husband's birth, for the establishment ofa Cyrus Adler Scholarship, to be awarded annually to the outstandinggraduating student of the Rabbinical Department "who comes closestto the all-around human being that Cyrus Adler was"; announced,Jan. 17, 1941.

OTHER COUNTRIES

ABRAHAMS, DAVID A., London, England, donates to Greater LondonFund for the Blind, £2,000; Jan. 28, 1941.

ANONYMOUS, Nathanya, Palestine, donates estate valued at £3,000,to Great Britain, for purchase of fighter planes; announced Aug. 25,1940.

ATHENS JEWISH COMMUNITY, Greece, donate 25,000 drachmas tofund for erection of memorial to late Greek Premier, John Metaxas;reported, March 9, 1941.

BERNHARD BARON TRUST, London, England, donates £43,000 tohospitals and charities; reported, Dec. 13, 1940; donates £40,000 forendowment of Professorship of Research at the Bernhard BaronLaboratories of the Royal College of Surgeons of England; donates£16,000 to hospitals, British Red Cross Society, special war needs, etc.;£1,000 to Royal Air Force Fund if nine other contributors are secured;reported, June 20, 1941.

BRONFMAN, SAMUEL, Montreal, Canada, donates $250,000 to theNational Research Council of Canada, for developing new scientificinventions to aid Great Britain's armed operations; announced, Oct. 1,1940.

GUBBAY, RAPHAEL A., Hongkong, China, bequeathed over £100,000to Jewish charitable institutions in Baghdad, Calcutta, Jerusalem, andEngland, in equal shares; reported, Aug. 30, 1940.


HENRIQIES BUGS., Kingston, Jamaica, donate £5,000 to provide abombing plane for Great Britain; reported, Sept. 20, 1940.

HILLMAN, WOLF AND HIRSCH, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa,donate endowment of £35,000 for engineering block at WitwatersrandUniversity; reported, June 19, 1941.

KARTER, J., Glasgow, Scotland, donates mobile canteen, to theGlasgow Y.M.C.A.; reported, Feb. 14, 1941.

LANDAU BROS., Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, donate £10,000to South African War Fund; July 18, 1940.

LEVY, ALEXANDER MICHAEL, London, England, estate valued atnet personalty £708,396: bequeathed nineteen-twentieth of residue ofestate to King Edward's Hospital Fund for London to found andmaintain an Arthur and Alexander Levy surgical home; to NationalGallery, portrait of Richard Burke by Sir Joshua Reynolds; and sub-ject to other bequests, £1,000 to West London Synagogue for BritishJews; £5,000 each to Jewish Orphanage, West Norwood, and theBoard of Guardians for the Relief of Jewish Poor; additional sums toother charities; reported, March 7, 1941.

MARKS, MR. AND MRS. SIMON; Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Sieff; Mr. andMrs. Harry Sacher; Mr. and Mrs. Norman Laski, and Mathilde Marks,London, England, donate £7,500 to the Keren Hayesod War Appeal;reported, Feb. 28, 1941.

MONTEVIDEO SEPHARDIC JEWISH COMMUNITY, Uruguay, donate10,000 sheep to the British Army; announced, Nov. 13, 1940.

MYERS, HORACE VICTOR, Kingston, Jamaica, donates $25,000 to theBritish Empire Bombing Plane Fund (gift of $5,000 given to Fund inMay); reported, Nov. 29, 1940.

PESSEN, MORRIS LASSER, Johannesburg, Union of South Africa,(died April 5, 1941), bequeathed £1,000 to a fund in South Africa"for assistance to disabled soldiers who have fought for the BritishEmpire, no discrimination to be shown as to race or creed"; £500 to theCouncil of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, to be established for MorrisLasser Pessen Fund for assistance to poor students, and £200 each totwelve organizations; £300 to the Red Cross Society and £100 each tothe Dutch Reform Minister of Randgate Randfontein "to be dis-tributed among poor people in need"; and to three organizations;reported, April 25, 1941.

SMOUHA, JOSEPH, Alexandria, Egypt, donates £5,000 to the BritishGovernment toward the purchase of a Spitfire airplane; reported,Jan. 24, 1941.

SYDNEY JEWISH COMMUNITY, Australia, donates a new Anzac Buffetand Sir John Monash Recreation Hut, at cost of £5,000, for use ofthe Anzac forces; reported, Dec. 6, 1940.

URUGUAY, JEWISH COMMUNITY OF, donates ambulance for use ofnavy, in memory of officers and men who perished in the Battle of theRiver Plate; reported, Jan. 17, 1941.

WARBURG, PAULINE ROSALIE (Mrs. Simon Elias), bequeathed3,000,000 Swedish crowns (about £176,500) for Jewish causes, including100,000 for the Stockholm Jewish Community; 60,000 for the Gothen-borg community; a 500,000 crown fund for the poor and distressed,and the remainder for establishment of homes for Jews in Palestine!and for needy Jewish servants; reported. July 6, 1940.

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UNITED STATES

ALSBERG, CARL LUCAS, biochemist; b. New York, N. Y., April 2,1877; chief, Bureau of Chemistry, U.S. Department of Agriculture,1912-1921; director, Stanford U. Food Research Institute 1921-37;dean of graduate study, Stanford U. 1927-33; director of GianiniFoundation of Agricultural Economics at U. of California since 1937;Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 31, 1940.

ALSCHULER, ALFRED SAMUEL, architect; b. Chicago, 111., Nov. 2, 1876;introduced and used many new devices in field of architecture; wasfirst to use reinforced concrete construction in Chicago; designed manyindustrial buildings, synagogues and temples; Chicago, 111., Nov. 6,1940.

ALTSCHUL, HAROLD, communal and philanthropic worker; formerexecutive vice-chairman of American Ort Federation; aged 45; NewYork, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1940.

ARONSON, LOUIS V., industrialist and inventor; b. New York, N. Y.,Dec. 25, 1869; inventor, Ronson Lighters; was instrumental in develop-ing non-phosphorous match, for which he was awarded $10,000 byBelgian Government; Republican candidate for mayor of Newark,N. J., 1912; West End, N. J., Nov. 2, 1940.

AUFSESSER, MOSES F., industrialist and philanthropist; civic andcommunal leader; b. Albany, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1879; Casco, Me., Aug.30, 1940.

BADMAN, THEODORE, banker, importer, realtor; b. Oettingen, Ger-many, June 25, 1884; came to U. S. 1901; trustee and former districtpresident, B'nai B'rith; New York, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1941.

BASEL, ALEXANDER, rabbi and director of Jacob H. Schiff Center,Bronx, N. Y.; director of National Council, Boy Scouts of America;vice-president, New York Board of Jewish Ministers; author of articlesand monographs on Jewish law, customs and ceremonials; aged 59;New York, N. Y., June 11, 1941.

BAUMAN, JACOB, rabbi, Congregation Shara Torah; talmudic scholar;b. Zagarow, Poland, 1870; came to U. S. 1907; in Los Angeles, since1908; Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 23, 1940.

BECK, MARTIN, theatrical producer; b. Czechoslovakia, 1869; actedwith Shakespearean troupe in Germany; came to U. S., 1887; builtOrpheum Circuit of theatre houses throughout country and Palaceand Martin Beck Theatres in New York; backed many theatricalsuccesses; New York, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1940.

BECKMAN, NATHAN HENRY, manufacturer, philanthropist, communalworker; b. Fuerth, Bavaria, Oct. 1, 1860; came to U. S. 1880; treasurerand member of executive committee of Union of American HebrewCongregations; Cincinnati, O., Aug. 30, 1940.

BENDER, ALBERT MAURICE, insurance broker, art patron; b. Dublin,Ireland, June 18, 1866; came to U.S. 1881; trustee of Mills College;commissioner of San Francisco Public Library; director of San Fran-


cisco Symphony Orchestra, Art Association, Opera Association andOpera Guild; San Francisco, Cal., March 4, 1941.

BENJAMIN, EUGENE SIMEON, managing director, Baron de HirschFund; vice-president, Jewish Agricultural Society; b. Leavenworth, Kan.,Jan. 21, 1862; had been wholesale clothier and silk manufacturer; bankdirector and adviser on commerical credits; author of "Practical CreditAnalysis," widely used textbook; New York, N. Y., June 22, 1941.

BLOCH, CHARLES E., president of Bloch Publishing Co.; "dean ofJewish publishers"; b. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 22, 1861; founded ReformAdvocate, Chicago, 1891; came to New York and established BlochPublishing Company, 1901; a founder of Free Synagogue and of JewishInstitute of Religion; New York, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1940.

BLOCK, PAUL, newspaper publisher and advertiser; b. Elmira, N. Y.,Nov. 2, 1877; owned chain of newspapers; New York, N. Y., June 22,1941.

BLUMENTHAL, GEORGE, banker, art collector and patron, philan-thropist; b. Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, April 7, 1858; came to U. S.1882; partner, Lazard Freres, bankers, 1893-1904, sr. partner, 1904-25;retired 1925; president, Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1934;president emeritus and director, Mt. Sinai Hospital; New York, N. Y.,June 26, 1941.

BLUMENTHAL, HART, civic and communal worker, retired merchant,bibliophile, Lincoln authority; b. Philadelphia, Pa., May 25, 1859;owned an outstanding collection of Lincolniana; former chairman ofboard of Philadelphia Free Library; chairman of finance committee ofNational Farm School; Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 3, 1941.

BODANSKY, MEYER, professor of pathology and chemistry at Uni-versity of Texas School of Medicine; b. Elizavetgrad, Russia, Aug. 30,1896; came to U. S. 1907; author of works on physiological chemistry;Galveston, Tex., June 14, 1941.

COHEN, WILLIAM W., broker, civic and communal worker; b. Brook-lyn, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1874; member, New York Stock Exchange until1922; U. S. Congressman 1927-29; New York, N. Y., Oct. 12,1940.

COHN-WIENER, ERNST, special lecturer on the art and architectureof Turkestan and India, at Iranian Institute; b. Tilsit, Germany, Dec.25, 1882; came to U. S. 1938; New York, N. Y., April 13, 1941.

CORK, ISRAEL, rabbi, Keneseth Israel Synagogue, aged 77, Ellington,Conn., Nov. 23, 1940.

D'ANCONA, EZIO LEVI, scholar, linguist, Mary Whiton Calkinsvisiting Professor of Italian at Wellesley College; internationally knownin Romance language field; b. Mantua, Italy; former Professor atWomen's University in Florence and University of Naples; came toU. S. 1939; wrote 176 articles and books in his field; aged 56, Boston,Mass., March 28, 1941.

DANNENBAUM, HENRY J., judge, civic and communal worker; b.Columbia, Tex.; active in Houston civic and charitable enterprises;appointed federal assistant attorney-general in charge of prosecutionof Mann Act, in New York; on return to Houston chosen president,school board and chairman, civil service commission; judge, statedistrict court, 1915-19; pioneer Zionist; aged 69; Houston, Texas,Aug. 23, 1940.

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DASHEFSKY, JOSEPH, rabbi and hazan of Shaare Hatzedek Congre-gation; aged 60, Philadelphia, Pa., April 17, 1941.

DAVIDSON, MENDEL, rabbi emeritus, Congregation of the Childrenof Israel, Plainfield, N. J., July 3, 1940.

DUKAS, JULIUS J., merchant, philanthropist, communal worker;b. Baden, Germany, Aug. 15, 1859; member, Vienna Stock Exchange atage of 16; came to U. S. 1878; president of Hebrew Free Loan Societyfor 35 years; trustee and member of executive committee, N. Y. Fed-eration of Jewish Philanthropic Societies; honorary president, Union ofOrthodox Jewish Congregations; New York, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1940.

EDELSTEIN, M. MICHAEL, U. S. Representative from New York;b. Poland, Feb. 5, 1888; came to U. S. 1891; in law practice in NewYork City until elected, in 1940, to fill unexpired term of CongressmanWilliam I. Sirovich, deceased; Washington, D. C , June 4, 1941.

ERLANGER, MITCHELL LOUIS, judge; b. Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1857;appointed sheriff, 1904; New York Supreme Court Justice, 1907-27;theatrical producer after retirement from court; New York, N. Y.,Aug. 30, 1940.

EVARTS, BENJAMIN F., Col., attorney, communal leader; captainin army during World War; leader in Zionist movement; honorarypresident, New England Zionist Region; aged 45; Holyoke, Mass.,Aug. 3, 1940.

FISHER, HENRY M., rabbi, Beth Israel Temple since 1903; civic andcommunal worker; b. New Haven, Conn., July 24, 1876; member,Atlantic City Board of Education; Atlantic City, N.J., June 23, 1941.

FRANKO, JEANNE, violin virtuoso, professor of music; b. New Orleans,La., Feb. 8, 1868; New York, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1940.

FREDMAN, SAMUEL, rabbi, Congregation Beth-El, Philadelphia; b.Grodno, Poland, March 7, 1886; came to U. S. 1888; a leader ofConservative rabbinate; Philadelphia, Pa., April 14, 1941.

FREED, JOSEPH DAVID ROTH, radio executive; b. New York, N. Y.,Oct. 18, 1897; pioneer developer and manufacturer of radio receivingsets; designed many improvements in radio apparatus for U. S. Navy;lieutenant-commander in U. S. Naval Reserve; New York, N. Y.,April 18, 1941.

FREIBERG, ALBERT HENRY, nationally known orthopedic surgeon;b. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 17, 1868; former professor of orthopedic surgery,U. of Cincinnati Medical College; major in U. S. army medical corpsin World War; past president, Ohio State Medical Association; formerchairman of Executive Council, Georgia Warm Springs Foundation;member, board of trustees, Hebrew Union College; Cincinnati, O.,July 14, 1940.

FREUNDLICH, HERBERT, chemist, Distinguished Service Professor ofColloid Chemistry at University of Minnesota since 1938; formerlyhonorary professor of chemistry at University of Berlin and associatedirector of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute; aged 60; Minneapolis, Minn.,March 30, 1941.

FRIEDENWALD, JULIUS, physician, professor emeritus of gastro-enterology at University of Maryland Medical School; b. Baltimore,Md., Dec. 20, 1866; former president, American Gastro-EnterologicalAssociation; author of many articles on subject; trustee of Institutefor Advanced Study at Princeton, N. J.; Baltimore, Md., June 8, 1941.


FRIEDMAN, JACOB, rabbi, B'nai Abraham Synagogue, Clairton, Minn.,Rochester, Minn., July 28, 1940.

GARBER, LEIB, rabbi, Hebrew teacher; b. Poland, 1869; founderof Congregation Thilim, Passaic, in 1905; Passaic, N.J., March 21,1941.

GILMAN, SAMUEL P., lawyer; b. Troy, N. Y., March 13, 1877; generalcounsel, N. Y. Board of Trade, 1932-38; vice-president, American BarAssociation, 1915—16; chairman of admission committee of New YorkState Bar Association, 1915-18; expert on brokerage law; active onbehalf of negro rights; New York, N. Y., March 17, 1941.

GINSBURG, SAUL, historian, journalist; b. Minsk, Russia; foundedfirst Yiddish daily, Der Freind in St. Petersburg, Russia, 1903; professorof Jewish history at Jewish Institute of St. Petersburg; came to U. S.1930; member of staff of Jewish Daily Forward; aged 74; New York,N. Y., Nov. 16, 1940.

GOELL, JACOB, builder and realtor, communal worker, philanthropist;b. Kovno, Russia, July 15, 1871; came to U. S. 1890; a founder, Brook-lyn Federation of Jewish Charities; former member of executive com-mittee, Zionist Organization of America; New York, N. Y., Nov. 26,1940.

GOLDEN, SAMUEL HERBERT, wool merchant, philanthropist; b.Russia, Sept. 15, 1875; came to U. S. 1880; a director of Hebrew FreeLoan Society; trustee and treasurer, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun;past president, United Synagogues of America; New York, N. Y.,Jan. 1, 1941.

GOLDENWEISER, ALEXANDER, anthropologist, sociologist; b. Kiev,Russia, Jan. 29, 1880; came to U. S. 1900; lecturer in anthropology,Columbia University, 1910-19; taught at many universities; on facultyof U. of Oregon at time of death; founder and member of editorialstaff of Encyclopedia of Social Sciences; author of widely used collegetexts; Portland, Ore., July 6, 1940?

GOLDMARK, HENRY, civil engineer; b. New York, N. Y., June 15,1857; supervised many important projects throughout the world, in-cluding canal locks, bridges, waterways, and hydroelectric plants;pioneer in use of steel for bridge construction; associate of GeneralGeorge W. Goethals in building of Panama Canal; consulting engineerto New York City since 1914; author of many articles for engineeringjournals; Nyack, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1941.

GOODMAN, JOSEPH, civil engineer, Commissioner of Water Supply,Gas and Llectricity of New York City; b. Saros Patak, Hungary, Jan.11, 1876; came to U. S. 1886; New York, N. Y., May 9, 1941.

GKEF.NBEKG, ABRAHAM, law\e'; b. New York, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1881;democratic member of New York State Assembly 1908-09; 1913-14;member, New York State Senate, 1927-28; New York, N. Y., May 10,1941.

GREENWALD, OSCAR J., merchant, communal worker, philanthropist;b. Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 12, 1871; managing director of MilwaukeeGimbel Brothers store; Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 17, 1941.

GUGGKNHEIM, WILLIAM, industrialist, philanthropist, publicist; b.Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 6, 1868; director, with brothers, of family miningand smelting interests founded by father; author of numerous works onpublic affairs; New York, N. Y., June 27, 1941.

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HERTZBERG, HARRY, attorney, communal and cultural leader, biblio-phile; b. San Antonio, Tex.; State Senator, 1918-22; member of PublicLibrary Board; aged 56; San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 12, 1940.

HOLLANDER, JACOB H., economist, adviser on tax problems to federal,state, and municipal governments; Abraham G. Hutzler Professor ofPolitical Economy at Johns Hopkins University; b. Baltimore, Md.,July 23, 1871; named by Congress as secretary of American BimetallicCommission, 1897; chairman, Municipal Lighting Commission ofBaltimore, 1900; on Johns Hopkins faculty since 1901; appointedtreasurer of Puerto Rico by President William McKinley, 1900; laterrevised its tax laws; appointed financial adviser to Dominican Republic,1908; associate editor Baltimore News, 1929-30; chairman of Tax SurveyCommission of Maryland, 1931; active in labor arbitration; author ofmany works on economics; a founder of American Jewish Committee;Baltimore, Md., July 9, 1940.

HOLTZMANN, HENRY, educator, Zionist leader; b. Brzezany, Austria,July 19, 1863; came to U. S. 1888; school superintendant for teachingEnglish to foreigners in New York City, 1895-1900; one of organizersof Zionist movement in America; representative of Theodor Herzl hereand correspondent of Zionist publication Die Welt, Vienna, 1900-03;a director of Brooklyn Jewish Center since 1921; New York, N. Y., Dec.16, 1940.

HORNER, HENRY, Governor of Illinois; b. Chicago, 111., Nov. 30,1878; lawyer in private practice until 1914; elected Judge of ProbateCourt of Cook County six times; elected Governor of Illinois, 1933;reelected, 1937; honorary chairman of American Jewish Joint Distribu-tion Committee; Chicago, 111., Oct. 6, 1940.

ICKELHEIMER, HENRY R., banker, financier, philanthropist; b. NewYork, N. Y., March 14, 1868; trustee of Cornell U. and Cornell MedicalCollege; New York, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1940.

JABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR, world leader of New Zionist (Revisionist)Organization; b. Odessa, Russia, Oct. 18, 1880; organized and ledZionist Legion in Palestine during World War; resigned from executiveof World Zionist Organization in 1921 and founded Revisionist move-ment; New York, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1940.

JACOBY, GEORGE W., neurologist; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept., 1856;professor of nervous and mental diseases at Women's Medical Collegeof New York Infirmary, 1890-1900; president, American NeurologicalAssociation, 1915; author of articles on neurology and medical juris-prudence; New York, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1940.

JOFFE, MARK S., artist, teacher; b. Dvinsk, Latvia, March 28, 1864;professor of art at Imperial Academy of Art, 1899-1904; came to U. S.1924; private art teacher since 1924 and member of faculty, Academyof Allied Arts since 1934; achieved world recognition after exhibitionof painting "Eve of the Day of Atonement" at Imperial Academy ofArt; New York, N. Y., June 27, 1941.

KAHN, JOSEPH, lawyer, educator, author, civic worker; b. Riga,Latvia, March 29, 1882; came to U. S. 1893; authority on accounting;author of texts on education; New York, N. Y., July 28, 1940.

KANDER, MRS. LIZZIE BLACK, welfare worker, communal leader;b. Milwaukee, Wis., May 28, 1858; founded Jewish Center of Milwau-kee; known as "Jane Addams of Milwaukee"; honored by New York


World's Fair as outstanding woman in Wisconsin; Milwaukee, Wis.,July 25, 1940.

KATZ, MAURICE, Yiddish newspaper editor, novelist, playwright;former editor, Philadelphia Jewish World; wrote many novels and playsfor Yiddish stage; founder of Peretz Verein; aged 77, Philadelphia,Pa., June 14, 1941.

KATZ, SAMUEL MORRISON, b. New York, N. Y., March 12, 1888;city magistrate, 1933-37; member of executive council, AmericanJewish Congress; New York, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1941.

KIRSTEIN, HENRY, manufacturer of optical goods, communal worker,aged 75; Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1940.

KITTNER, VIOLET, social worker; b. Defiance, O., responsible forfounding of first mental hygiene clinic in Cleveland; executive director,Jewish Social Service Bureau, Cleveland, since 1924; Cleveland, O.,July 22, 1940.

KLEBANOV, MOSES M., rabbi of Congregation B'nai Israel; Detroit,Mich., Dec. 2, 1940.

KOSLOFSKY, IRVING, rabbi, Congregation Chevra Thilim, aged 26;New Orleans, La., Oct. 17, 1940.

LAMPORT, ARTHUR MATTHEW, investment banker, economist, philan-thropist, communal leader; b. Franklin Falls, N. Y., Nov. 21, 1883;government advisor on economic problems; an organizer of DominicanRepublic Settlement Association; treasurer of United Palestine Appealand United Jewish Appeal; art collector and patron of modern music;New York, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1940.

LASKER, EMANUEL, chess master; b. Berlinchen, Germany, Dec. 24,1868; world chess champion, 1894-1921; New York, N. Y., Jan. 11,1941.

LEVENE, PHOEBUS AARON, internationally famous biochemist; b.St. Petersburg, Russia, Feb. 25, 1869; came to U. S. 1893; memberof Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1907-1939; noted forstudies of chemical configurational relationships and the nucleic acids;holder of Willard Gibbs and William H. Nichols medals of AmericanMedical Society; achieved success in concentrating vitamin B-2; citedby Society as "outstanding American worker in application of organicchemistry to biological problems"; New York, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1940.

LEVI, NINO, member of graduate faculty of Political and SocialScience of New School for Social Research; former teacher of criminallaw in Genoa and Milan, Italy; came to U. S. 1938; aged 46; New York,N. Y., March 25, 1941.

LEVIN, ABRAHAM L., professor of gastro-enterology at Louisiana StateUniversity Medical Center, inventor of Levin stomach tube; aged 59;New Orleans, La., Sept. 15, 1940.

LEVINE, FROIM, rabbi; author of Hebrew books on the Talmud;aged 85; Asbury Park, N. J., Jan. 4, 1941.

LEVINSON, SALMON OLIVER, internationally known lawyer and leaderin movements to outlaw war; b. Noblesville, Ind., Dec. 29, 1865; aidedin drafting Kellogg-Briand Pact; received Rosenberger Medal from U.of Chicago for his work in improving international relations, 1931;proposed as candidate for Nobel Peace Prize, 1939; author of manyarticles on outlawing of war and world economics; Chicago, 111., Feb. 2,1941.

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LEVITZKI, MISCHA, concert pianist and composer; b. Krementchug,Russia, of American parents, May 25, 1898; came to U. S. 1907; Avon-by-the-Sea, N. J., Jan. 2, 1941.

LEVY, SAMUEL DAVID, judge, communal worker; b. New York, N. Y.,Jan. 12, 1860; city magistrate, 1913-16; judge, Children's Court, 1916-33; judge, Domestic Relations Court, 1933-35 (retired); author ofmonographs on child psychology and juvenile delinquency; formerpresident of Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society; New York, N. Y.,Dec. 26, 1940.

LEVY, WOLF, rabbi; founder and first president of Yeshiva of Flat-bush; aged 50; Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1940.

LICHTENSTEIN, MEYER B., physician, Zionist leader, aged 57, memberof administrative committee, Zionist Organization of America; Pitts-burgh, Pa., at Miami Beach, Fla., March 11, 1941.

LIKNAITZ, DAVID L., rabbi, Venice, Cal., reported, September, 1940.Liss, BENJAMIN, rabbi, Beth Jacob Congregation, Columbus, O.,

Feb. 16, 1941.LOURIE, ADOI.PH, social and communal worker; b. Riga, Latvia,

Feb. 12, 1883; came to U.S. 1921; executive director since 1925 ofHome and Hospital of Daughters of Jacob; New York, N. Y., Dec.18, 1940.

LUCKSTONE, ISIDORE, pianist, singing teacher, composer, accompanistfor famous singers and violinists; professor of education, New YorkUniversity School of Education; aged 80; New York, N.Y., March 12,1941.

MAGID, MAURICE OLIVER, gynecologist and obstetrician; b. Skalat,Austiia, Oct. 24, 1882; came to U.S. 1892; instructor in gynecologyat N. Y. Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital, 1913-1918; founderand director Hunts Point Hospital; past president, N. Y. PhysiciansAssociation; wrote many articles on gynecology, medical economics andsocialized medicine; New York, N. Y., July 31, 1940.

MAMLOCK, HANS J-, leading pioneer of modern dentistry in Germany,formerly head of Dental School at University of Berlin; came to U. S.1937; aged 65; New York, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1940.

MANN, JACOB, rabbi, professor of Jewish history at Hebrew UnionCollege, author; b. Przemysl, Galicia, Aug. 26, 1888; ordained rabbiin London; came to U. S. 1920; taught at College for Jewish Teachers,Baltimore, 1920-22; professor at Hebrew Union College since 1922;outstanding authority on Jewish history of medieval period and Gaonicliterature; Cincinnati, O., Oct. 23, 1940.

MARKSON, ELDAR, merchant, communal worker, Zionist leader;vice-president, New England Zionist Region; member, finance andadministrative committees of Z. O. A.; aged 65; Boston, Mass.; atMiami, Fla., Jan. 17, 1941.

MEYER, MRS. HELENE STRAUSS, civic and communal worker, socialwelfare leader; b. Newark, N. J., May 15, 1872; honorary president,local section, National Council of Jewish Women; director, Conferenceof Jewish Charities, Newark; chairman, Women's Division, NewarkYM and YWHA; Newark, N. J., June 8, 1941.

MISCH, MRS. MARION L., department store executive, civic andcommunal worker; b. Newark, N. J., May 13, 1869; member of Provi-dence School Board for 15 years; past president, Rhode Island Federa-


tion of Women's Clubs and Rhode Island Federation of Music Clubs;former president, National Council of Jewish Women; Providence,R. I., Jan. 18, 1941.

MORITZ, ALBERT, naval engineer, commander in U. S. Navy (retired);b. Cincinnati, O., June 8, 1860; active in Spanish-American War,Philippine insurrection and World War; inspector of building andengineering materials; Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1941.

MOSEBSOHN, MOSES DAYYAN, lawyer, trade organizer, editor; b.Portland, Ore., Aug. 17, 1884; chairman and executive director ofTrade Organization Associates; executive director, Chamber of Com-merce of the Apparel Industry; co-publisher with brother, David N.,of Jewish Tribune before 1931; member of executive committee, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; New York, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1940.

NATHAN, HAROLD, lawyer; b. New York, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1865;a leader in New York bar for nearly SO years; New York, N. Y., June20, 1941.

NEUMAN, LEO HANDEL, gastro-enterologist; b. Albany, N. Y-, Sept.12, 1868; conceived the idea of a portable electro-cardiagraph, laterdeveloped by Charles P. Steinmetz; author of many papers on gastro-intestinal and cardiac diseases; Albany, N. Y., March 15, 1941.

OLTARSH, DAVID M., architect, engineer; b. New York, N. Y., March27, 1883; captain of engineers during World War; after War, promotedto major and lieutenant-colonel; member of engineering examiningboard of United States Army since 1925; New York, N. Y., July 21,1940.

ORLEANSKY, ZVI HIRSCH (Skidler maggid), rabbi; b. Grodno, Russia,1863; pioneer Zionist in England; came to New York 1905; New York,N. Y.; reported, Oct. 18, 1940.

OTTINGER, NATHAN, lawyer, judge; b. New York, N. Y., Dec. 14,1874; appointed by Governor Charles E. Whitman to N. Y. SupremeCourt, 1918; New York, N. Y., Nov.'17, 1940.

POLLAK, WALTER HEILPRIN, lawyer; b. Summit, N. J., June 4, 1887;counsel to N. Y. State Park Commission 1925-39; consultant to Na-tional Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, 1929-31;chairman of Federal Railroad Investigation Commission, 1935; suc-cessfully argued appeals of Scottsboro defendants before U. S. Sup-reme Court, 1932 and 1935; New York, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1940.

POLLYEA, MANDLE MORDECAI, rabbi; aged 68; Los Angeles, Cal.,April 23, 1941.

RABINOVITZ, JACOB (ROBBINS), rabbi, Congregation Agudas Israel,Newark, N. J.; aged 69; Boston, Mass., Feb. 24, 1941.

RAUH, MARCUS, manufacturer, philanthropist, civic and communalworker; aged 81; Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 17, 1940.

REIS, MRS. NANNIE A., civic and communal worker; b. Dresden,Germany, Dec. 28,1871; came to U. S. 1884; president, Chicago section,National Council of Jewish Women, 1922-26, national director, 1926-32; Chicago, 111., October 14, 1940.

RESNICK, LOUIS, journalist, public relations counsel; b. Russia,May 1, 1891; director of public information of Welfare Council (N. Y.).1925-35; director of informational service of U. S., Social SecurityBoard, 1935-38; public relations consultant for International LaborOffice; industrial relations director of National Society for Prevention

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of Blindness for IS years; a leader of movement to conserve humaneyesight; New York, N. Y., March 18, 1941.

REVEL, BERNARD, president of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan TheologicalSeminary and Yeshiva College; b. Kovno, Russia, Sept. 17, 1885; cameto U. S. 1907; founder and president of Seminary and Yeshiva College;associate editor of Ozar Israel, Hebrew encyclopedia; author of manyarticles on Jewish subjects; New York, N. Y., Dec. 2, 1940.

REZNIKOFF, ELIAS, Hebrew scholar, communal worker, educator;b. Elizavetgrad, Russia, Feb. 12, 1886; organizer of Hebrew School,Talmud Torah, Hebrew Library, and other communal institutions inLong Branch, N. J.; author of articles on Hebrew educational andreligious subjects; Long Branch, N. J., Jan. 15, 1941.

ROSEN, THEODORE, judge, civic and communal worker; b. Carme!,N. J., Sept. 20, 1895; lieutenant in army during World War, wounded26 times; twice cited for bravery under fire; awarded DistinguishedService Cross; appointed civilian aide to Secretary of War, 1922;appointed assistant district attorney of Philadelphia, 1926; namedmunicipal judge, 1931; elected judge of Common Pleas Court, 1937;Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 27, 1940.

ROSENBERG, MEYER J., rabbi of United Orthodox Congregations,Hartford, Conn.; b. Poland, 1890; came to U.S. 1920; member ofexecutive board of Union of Orthodox Rabbis; headed United OrthodoxCongregations in Plainfield, N. J., 1927-32; served in Springfield,Mass., 1932-39; Hartford, Conn., Nov. 17, 1940.

ROSENBERG, MRS. PAULINE HANAUER, communal worker; b. Pitts-burgh, Pa., 1865; a founder of National Council of Jewish Women,1893, and of local section in Pittsburgh; a founder of Irene KaufmannSettlement and former president of Women's Club in Pittsburgh; NewYork, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1940.

ROSENBLOOM, HIRSCH MAIER, rabbi, Congregation Esras Israel,Chicago, 111.; aged 75; Jan. 25, 1941.

ROSENTHAL, DAVID, attorney, authority on federal bankruptcyprocedure; aged 67, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; at New York, N. Y., Sept. 16,1940.

ROSEWATER, VICTOR, journalist, publisher, publicist; b. Omaha,Neb., Feb. 13, 1871; former editor and publisher of the Omaha Bee;chairman, Republican National Convention, Chicago, 1912; publicitydirector of Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial Exposition, 1926; authorof "The History of Cooperative News Gathering in the United States,"and "The Liberty Bell, Its History and Significance;" lecturer onpolitical science; Philadelphia, Pa., July 12, 1940.

SACHS, SAMUEL S., rabbi, Ahavath-Zion Congregation for 25 years;aged 73; Cleveland, 0., April 18, 1941.

SALIT, MICHAEL, Zionist worker; b. Kovno, Lithuania; came to U. S.1887; first treasurer of Federation of American Zionists; former presi-dent of Achooza Aleph, first American colony in Palestine; aged 72;Long Beach, L. I., N. Y., at Miami, Fla., Jan. 5, 1941.

SCHILDER, PAUL FERDINAND, clinical director of psychiatric divisionof Belleyue Hospital and research professor of psychiatry at New YorkUniversity College of Medicine; b. Vienna, Austria, Feb. 15, 1886;came to U. S. 1929; author of works on psychiatry; New York, N. Y.,Dec. 8, 1940.


SCHUSTEK, GEORGE, communal worker, executive vice-president ofUnited Home for Aged Hebrews, New Rochelle, N.Y., vice-presidentand director, National Hebrew Orphan Asylum; aged 50; New York,N. Y., April 25, 1941.

SELIGSBERG, ALICE LILLIE, social worker, communal leader; b. NewYork, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1873; founder of Fellowship House, orphan careagency; a founder of Hadassah and national president, 1921—22; direc-ted medical work in Palestine during World War; organized JuniorHadassah, 1920, and senior advisor since 1925; active in child-carework; New York, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1940.

SHAPIRO, DAVID, newspaper publisher, b. Lida, Poland, March 20,1872; came to U. S. 1888; founded Yiddish daily, The Day, 1914; NewYork, N. Y., Nov. 2, 1940.

SHIFF, LOUIS, civic and communal worker, Zionist leader; a founderof Hebrew Free Loan Society, former member of executive committee,Zionist Organization of America; Plainfield, N. J., Nov. 23, 1940.

SILVEEMAN, ISAAC, electrical engineering contractor; b. Pittsburgh,Pa., April 14, 1862; pioneer builder of electric street railways; directorof railroad and transit companies; a trustee and treasurer of NationalFarm School; Philadelphia, Pa., May 12, 1941.

SIMON, HEINRICH, German journalist, music critic; former editorialdirector of Frankfurter Zeitung; co-founder of Palestine SymphonyOrchestra; aged 61; (murdered); Washington, D. C , May 6, 1941.

SOLOVEITCHIK, MOSES, talmudist, educator, b. Kaslovitz, Russia,scion of famous European rabbinical family; senior professor of Talmudat Yeshiva College since 1929; former educator of Rabbinical Collegeat Warsaw; internationally famous for Talmudic learning; aged 62;New York, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1941.

SONNEBORN, SIEGMUND BACHARACH, clothing manufacturer, com-munal worker; b. Breidenbach bei Biedenkopf, Germany, April 14,1872; came to U. S. 1889; pioneer in introducing collective bargainingin industry; student of psalms; director of National Farm School;Baltimore, Md., Sept. 19, 1940.

STERN, WALTER GUSTAVE, orthopedic surgeon; b. Chattanooga,Tenn., Dec. 6, 1874; pioneer in field of specialty; active in aidingcrippled children; Cleveland, O., June 8, 1941.

STEUER, MAX DAVID, nationally famous criminal lawyer; b. Munkascz,Austria, Sept. 6, 1871; came to U.S. 1877; trustee-at-large of N. Y.Federation since 1926; active in refugee work; New York, N. Y., atJackson, N. H., Aug. 21, 1940.

STOLZ, JOSEPH, rabbi, dean of reform rabbinate in U. S., civic andcommunal leader; b. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1861; with Zion Con-gregation, Chicago, 1887-1895; with Isaiah-Israel Congregation, 1895-1929; emeritus since 1929; past president of Central Conference ofAmerican Rabbis; Chicago, 111., Feb. 7, 1941.

TAUBER, ELMORE B., nationally known dermatologist; b. Cincinnati,O., May 4, 1880; professor of dermatology, U. of Cincinnati Collegeof Medicine; Cincinnati, O., June 21, 1941.

TEITLEBAUM, LEIB, rabbi, Khal Yraim Congregation of Bronx,N. Y.; aged 54; New York, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1941.

Tovi, DAVID, rabbi, Temple Tifereth Israel of Sephardic Com-munity, Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 19, 1940.

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TROTZKEY, ELIAS, social worker; b. Struchin, Russia, Aug. 20, 1881;came to U. S. 1912; superintendent of Marks Nathan Jewish OrphanHome, Chicago, since 1913; member of board of directors, NationalConference, of Jewish Social Service; author of standard scientific workson care of dependent children; Chicago, 111., April 22, 1941.

WALD, LILLIAN D., social worker; b. Cincinnati, O., March 10, 1867;internationally famous as founder of Henry Street Settlement, 1895,director till 1933; organized first non-sectarian public health nursingsystem in world, and first public school nursing system; pioneer inmovement to provide playgrounds for children; received many honorsfor distinguished social service, including gold medal by NationalInstitute of Social Sciences, 1912, distinguished service certificate ofthe City of New York, 1937; Westport, Conn., Sept. 1, 1940.

WEKTHEIMER, MAX, rabbi, formerly at Temple Israel, Dayton, O.;aged 77; Ada, 0., Feb. 3, 1941.

WILE, FREDERIC WILLIAM, newspaper correspondent, author,columnist; b. LaPorte, Ind., Nov. 30, 18/3; foreign correspondent forChicago Tribune, N. Y. Times, and other leading newspapers; one offirst radio commentators; specialist on German affairs in the Intel-ligence Section of General Headquarters, A. E. F. during World War;Washington columnist; Washington, D. C, April 7, 1941.

YELLIN, SAMUEL, outstanding metal craftsman; b. Russia, March 2,1885; came to U. S. 1906; designer and executor of hand-wrought ironart works for cathedrals, universities, and other institutions throughoutcountry; received Bok Civic Award as outstanding citizen of Phila-delphia, 1925; lecturer on subject at universities; Wynnewood, Pa.,at New York, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1940.

ZAGER, MENACHEM MANDELL, rabbi; b. Novogrodek, Poland;affiliated with orthodox congregations in Detroit; Detroit, Mich.,Oct. 1, 1940.

OTHER COUNTRIES

ABELSON, JOSHUA, former minister of Leeds United Hebrew Congre-gation and distinguished Anglo-Jewish scholar; b. Merthyr-Tydfil,Wales, 1874; Leeds, England, Dec. 24, 1940.

ADLER, HERBERT M., former director of Jewish Education; co-editorwith the late Arthur Davis of the "Service of the Synagogue," standardtranslation of the festival liturgy; aged 64, London, England, Aug. 25,1940.

APFEL, ALFRED, lawyer, Zionist leader; b. Dueren, Rhineland,Germany, 1882; founder of the Federation of Jewish Youth Associa-tions in Germany, 1909; former president, Zionist Federation of Ger-many; Marseille, France; reported, April 15, 1941.

ASHENHEIM, LEWIS, lawyer, civic and communal leader; aged 68,Kingston, Jamaica, reported, June 13, 1941.

BAKER, PERCY P., communal and Zionist worker; associated infounding of Chovevei Zion movement in England; aged 65; London,England; reported killed in air-raid, Sept. 24, 1940.

BARSEL, MOSHE, communal worker; a founder of the Palestine


Society in Johannesburg; aged 61; Johannesburg, Union of SouthAfrica, May 4, 1941.

BAUM, OSCAR, author, Zionist worker; recipient of CzechoslovakState Prize for Literature; aged 58; Prague, Czechoslovakia; reported,March 20, 1941.

BEHAM, ARJEH, Zionist worker, founder of only Pasteur Institutein Near East; aged 64; Tel Aviv, Palestine; reported, May 21, 1941.

BENJAMIN, WALTER, psychologist, formerly professor at Universitiesof Vienna and Munich and at the Sorbonne, Paris; (suicide) at PortBou, Spain; reported, October 2, 1940.

BENVENISTI, DAVID, municipal councillor in Tel Aviv; b. Smyrna,1892; leader of Sephardic Community of Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv, Palestine,July 7, 1940.

BERGSON, HENRI, philosopher; b. Paris, France, Oct. 18, 1859; lec-turer at College de France; elected to French Academy, 1918; awardedNobel Prize for Literature, 1927; served as French Cabinet minister,1918; president of League of Nations Committee for Intellectual Co-operation, 1921-1925; author of "Creative Evolution," "Two Sourcesor Morality and Religion"; declined Vichy Government offer of exemp-tion from anti-Jewish legislation, December, 1940; Paris, France,Jan. 4, 1941.

BIRENBAUM, ABRAHAM M., Zionist worker, talmudic scholar; b.Lomza, Poland, 1877; London, England; reported, Aug. 23, 1940.

BLUMENFELD, KALMAN, newspaper publisher, famous under pen-name of "Scrutator"; publisher of Adeverul and Dim-ineata, liberaldemocratic newspapers in Bucharest; aged 61; (suicide) Bucharest,Rumania, Nov. 10, 1940.

BODENHEIMER, MAX, Zionist leader; b. Stuttgart, Germany, Mar. 21,1865; associate of Theodor Herzl; chairman of Jewish National Fund;president of Zionist Organization of Germany; Jerusalem, Palestine,July 20, 1940.

BOEHM, ADOLF, Zionist writer and historian; b. Teplitz-Schoenau,Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, 1873; author of "Die Geschichte des Zionis-mus," first authoritative history of the Zionist movement; editor ofmagazine, Palestina, 1904-38; and of other journals; associate ofTheodor Herzl; Vienna, Austria, April 10, 1941.

BONNIER, KARL OTTO, publisher, philanthropist; aged 85; Stock-holm, Sweden, May 26, 1941.

BORGHI, UBALDO, physician, child specialist; b. Siena, Italy, 1886;on staff of Jewish Hospital of Alexandria for 25 years; Alexandria,Egypt; reported, Sept. 13, 1940.

BRAMSON, LEON, world leader in Jewish vocational rehabilitation,a founder and president, World Ort Federation; b. Kaunas, Lithuania,May 7, 1868; director of schools founded by Society for Enlightenmentof Jews in Russia, 1894; directed Jewish Colonization Associationenterprises in Russia; elected to first Russian Duma, 1906; author ofRussian Equalities Act of 1917, which outlawed discrimination againstJews; Marseille, France, March 2, 1941.

BUDKO, JOSEPH, artist, director of Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem;b. Poland, 1888; refugee from Germany; Jerusalem, Palestine, July17, 1940.

COHEN, JOSEPH LEWIS, economist, Zionist worker, author; member

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of Executive Committee of Poale Zion; helped organize, and served assergeant of Jewish Legion in Palestine during World War; aged 49,(killed in air raid), London, England, Nov. 16, 1940.

DANIEL, M., author, playwright; aged 40; Yalta (Crimea), Russia;reported, May 30, 1941.

DE CORDOVA, RUDOLPH, actor, dramatist; b. Kingston, Jamaica,1860; London, England, Jan. 11, 1941.

DE LIEME, NEHEMIAH, pioneer Zionist leader; founder and pastpresident of The Netherlands Zionist Federation; The Hague, TheNetherlands; reported, September, 1940.

DYNF, SAMUEL, printer, Yiddish actor; b. Odessa, Russia; came toJohannesburg, 1896; a founder of first Yiddish theatrical company inSouth Africa; Johannesburg, Union of South Africa, Jan. 19, 1941.

ELJASEV, ESTHER, Yiddish author, critic; aged 62; Kaunas, Lithu-ania; reported, May 2, 1941.

FARHI, HELAL, physician, linguist; b. Damascus, Syria, 1868; founderof Cairo Jewish Historical Society; translated prayerbooks from Hebrewinto Arabic, and "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam into Hebrew; Cairo,Egypt; reported, Oct. 11, 1940.

FELEKI, ALEXANDER, poet, physician; aged 75; Budapest, Hungary,Nov. 9, 1940.

FREIER, ISSACHAR DOV, Hebrew journalist; editor, and contributorto various Hebrew journals, under pen name of Bar-Drora; aged 62;Tel Aviv, Palestine, March 17, 1941.

FREIMAN, MRS. LILLIAN, outstanding civic and communal leader,philanthropist; b. Mattawa, Ontario, Canada, June 6, 1885; organizerand president of Canadian Hadassah; decorated by King George Vwith 0. B. E., Jan. 1, 1934; Montreal, Canada, Nov. 2, 1940.

FRIZI, MORDECHAI, colonel in Greek army; killed in action in Greek-Italian campaign; reported, March 2, 1941.

FURTH, HILLEL JOSEPH, Hebrew author, Zionist worker; formerlecturer in Hebrew and Yiddish Literature at Dorpat University,Estonia; aged 48; Jerusalem, Palestine; reported, Jan. 17, 1941.

GELBER, MOSES, wool merchant, Zionist leader, philanthropist;a founder and vice-president of Canadian Zionist Organization, anorganizer of Toronto Federation of Jewish Philanthropies; aged 64;Toronto, Canada, Jan. 12, 1941.

GITTLESON, MORRIS, builder, communal worker; aged 85; Johannes-burg, Union of South Africa, Nov. 27, 1940.

GOLDSCHMIDT, JAMES, jurist; b. Berlin, Germany, 1874; formerprofessor of law at Berlin University and director of CriminologicalInstitute; lectured at various Spanish universities; came to U. S. 1936;special lecturer at University of Montevideo; Montevideo, Uruguay;reported, July 18, 1940.

GOSZTONY, LASZLO, industrialist; director of large coal-mining con-cern; World War hero; aged 52; (suicide) Budapest, Hungary, July 9,1940.

GOTTLIEB, JOSHUA, editor of Moment, Yiddish daily of Warsaw,Poland; in Soviet jail in Kasakstan, Siberia, Soviet Russia; reported,March 14, 1941.

GRAIEVSKY, PINCHAS, historian, aged 68; Jerusalem, Palestine,March 13, 1941.


GRODZIENSKI, CHAIM OZEK, popularly known as "Wilner Gaon";orthodox rabbinical leader; president of Rabbinical Council of AgudathIsrael World Organization; aged 78, Wilno, Lithuania, Aug. 10, 1940.

GRUSENBERG, OSCAR, lawyer, defender of Mendel Beiliss; memberof Senate in Provisional Government of 1917; member of Jewish AgencyCouncil; lived in Latvia after Bolshevist revolution; Nice, France;reported, Dec. 29, 1940.

HALLEGUA, ISAAC ELIAS, Chief Elder of Paradeshi Synagogue inJew Town, Cochin; communal leader; aged 79; Cochin, China, Jan. 5,1941.

HARARI, CHAIM, a founder of Herzlia Gymnasium, Tel Aviv; pioneerof modern Hebrew culture; aged 58; Tel Aviv, Palestine; reported,Jan. 17, 1941.

HART, CECIL M., sportsman, aged 57; Montreal, Canada, July 16,1940.

HEPKER, HERMAN, timber merchant, communal and Zionist worker;b. Goldingen, Latvia, 1870; came to South Africa 1890; Johannesburg,Union of South Africa, June 25, 1940.

HEXNER, BELA, metallurgist, Hungarian Jewish political leader; vice-chairman of Hungarian Party of Transylvania; aged 50; Budapest,Hungary, Dec. 16, 1940.

HONIKMAN, ISAAC JOSEPH, merchant, communal worker; b. Sheffield,England, 1872; came to South Africa, 1885; Cape Town, Union ofSouth Africa, Sept. 1, 1940.

Hos, Dov, deputy mayor of Tel Aviv; b. Russia, 1894; came toPalestine 1906; leader in labor movement; (killed in automobile acci-dent) Tel Aviv, Palestine, Dec. 29, 1940.

HULDSCHINSKY, KURT, physician; discovered ultra-violet ray treat-ment for rachitis; refugee from Germany; Alexandria, Egypt, Dec. 15,1940.

IRWELL, MRS. HENRIETTA, communal worker, Zionist leader, afounder of Women's International Zionist Organization; London, Eng-land, May 3, 1941.

JASVENSKY, JEHOSHUA, physician, social worker; government medicalofficer in Kaunas; president of Jewish Educational Association; aged58; Kaunas, Lithuania, Oct. 29, 1940.

JOEL, DUDLEY JACK BARNATO, Member of Parliament (Conservative),financier, sportsman; b. London, England, 1904; reported missing whileserving in Royal Navy, June 10, 1941.

JOSEPH, MRS. LILY DELISSA, artist, communal worker; London,England, July 27, 1940.

KAMINER, MENDEL, editor, communal leader; former editor of Warsawnewspapers Der Jud and Yiddishe Togblatt; former president of AgudathIsrael of Poland; aged 77; Warsaw, Poland; reported, Jan. 10, 1941.

KATZ, SIMCHA, author, librarian at Jewish National and UniversityLibrary; aged 38; Jerusalem, Palestine; reported, June 18, 1940.

KESSEL, SOLOMON, communal worker; aged 76; Johannesburg, Unionof South Africa, July 24, 1940.

Kiss, ARNOLD, chief rabbi of Buda Progressive Jewish Community,poet and writer; translated Hebrew and Yiddish poems into Hungarian;vice-president, Hungarian Rabbinical Association; aged 71; Budapest,Hungary, Nov. 14, 1940.

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KOSKY, HARRY, civic and communal worker; mayor of Stepney,London, 1922-23; aged 66; London, England, Dec. 7, 1940.

KOWARSKY, NOAH, merchant, communal worker; b. Malat, Lithu-ania, 1871; came to South Africa 1896; Johannesburg, Union of SouthAfrica, July 19, 1940.

LANDA, MRS. ANNIE GERTRUDE, journalist, novelist, dramatist;well known as "Aunt Naomi of the Jewish Chronicle, aged 60; London,England, June 25, 1941.

LANDAU, RAFAEL, president of Jewish Community of Cracow, Poland;aged 72; Kazakstan, Siberia, Soviet Russia; reported, March 21, 1941.

LEVEN, GEORGES, communal leader, acting president of AllianceIsraelite Universelle; aged 73; Vichy, France, June 18, 1941.

LOEWE, HERBERT MARTIN JAMES, orientalist, communal worker;b. London, England, 1882; Reader in Rabbinics, University of Cam-bridge; Cambridge, England, Oct. 11, 1940.

Louis-DREYFUS, LOUIS, banker, former senator; Cannes, France, Nov.10, 1940.

MAINZ, LEOPOLD, banker, philanthropist, communal leader; refugeefrom Germany; aged 90; Harrogate, England; reported, April 18, 1941.

MARKS, PERCY LEMAN, architect and surveyor; aged 73; London,England, Feb. 24, 1941.

MORDECAI, JOSEPH, portrait painter, painted last portrait of KingEdward VII; aged 89; London, England, Dec. 31, 1940.

MOSSERI, ELIE N., banker, communal leader, vice-president JewishCommunity of Cairo, member of Economic Council of the EgyptianState; Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile; decorated by foreigngovernments; aged 61; Cairo, Egypt; reported, Oct. 11, 1940.

MUNK, AZRIEL, rabbi, former Berlin orthodox leader; aged 72;Jerusalem, Palestine; reported, Nov. 15, 1940.

MYERS, MAURICE, journalist, communal worker; a founder of YoungIsrael movement; aged 56; London, England, Sept. 19, 1940.

NUSSBAUM, MEYER, communal and Zionist worker, aged 55; Toronto,Canada, May 16, 1941.

OLSCHKI, LEO, bibliophile and antiquarian; b. Germany, 1860;founder of famous publishing firm and rare bookstore at Rome; wasgranted honorary Italian citizenship by King Victor Emanuel in 1925for contributions to Italian culture; in voluntary exile from Italy afterrevocation of citizenship owing to racist legislation; Geneva.Switzerland;reported, July 13, 1940.

ORNSTEIN, LEONARD, physicist, Zionist worker; b. Nymwegen, TheNetherlands, 1880; director, Physical Institute of Utrecht University;member, Royal Academy of Science; former president, Dutch ZionistFederation; instrumental in creation of Institute of Physics at HebrewUniversity; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; reported, June 27, 1941.

PROBST, MENDEL, bibliographer; aged 53; (killed in air raid) Tel Aviv,Palestine; reported, June 12, 1941.

RAPAPORT, ACHILL, former professor of law at Vienna University,former judge of Vienna High Court of Appeal; aged 69; BlaenauFestiniog, North Wales, England; reported, January 17, 1941.

RATZKER, JOSEPH, communal leader; aged 77; Johannesburg, Unionof South Africa, July 6, 1940.

SALZ, ABRAHAM, Polish Zionist leader; vice-president of first Zionist


Congress in Basel, 1897; founder of Mahanaim colony in Palestine;Tarnow, Poland; reported, March 3, 1941.

SCHMITZ, SIEGFRIED, Austrian editor, translator, Zionist worker;translated works of Sholem Asch into German; aged 54; (suicide)Jerusalem, Palestine, March 17, 1941.

SCHNIRER, MORITZ TOBIAS, pioneer Zionist, physician, author, editorof Medizinische Wochenschrift, Vienna; aged 81; Vienna, Austria;reported, June 20, 1941.

SCHUR, ISSAY, mathematician, former professor of mathematics atUniversity of Berlin; aged 66; Tel Aviv, Palestine; reported, January13, 1941.

SELIGMAN, CHARLES GABRIEL, anthropologist, author, b. London,England, 1873; professor emeritus of ethnology at University of Lon-don; London, England, Sept. 19, 1940.

SHATZKY, BORIS, Russian jurist, representative of Alexander Ker-ensky in Washington, D. C, 1917; Professor of American Constitu-tional Law at University of Paris, 1927; former editor of French review,Ambassades et Consulate; on faculty of Concepcion University since1933; aged 51; Santiago, Chile, January 22, 1941.

SKLIAR, EUGENE, poet and author, editor, officer in Lithuanian Warof Independence, 1918-20; aged 58; Riga, Latvia; reported, June 20,1941.

SPIEGEL, MARCUS, Zionist leader; aged 56; (executed by Nazis)Cracow, Poland; reported, May 5, 1941.

TROTSKY, LEON (LEIB BRONSTEIN), revolutionary head of FourthInternational, one-time Russian Bolshevik leader; b. Yanovka, Kher-son, Russia, 1879; associate of Lenin in Bolshevik Revolution of 1917and in founding of U. S. S. R.; Minister of Foreign Affairs and laterMinister of War in Soviet Government; exiled by Stalin in 1928;(murdered) Mexico City, Mexico, Aug. 21, 1940.

VALENTINE, A. HENRIQUES, journalist, communal worker; formerassistant secretary, United Synagogue; aged 75; London, England,April 1, 1941.

VAN DEN BERGH, A. M. S., member of The Netherlands Parliament;aged 76; Nice, France; reported, Feb. 21, 1941.

VISSER, LEWIS E., jurist, President of Supreme Court of the Judi-cature at The Hague; b. Amersfort, The Netherlands, 1871; president ofPalestine Foundation Fund in The Netherlands; author of works oncommercial law; reported executed by Nazis, Aug. 8, 1940.

VOLTERRA, VITO, world-famous physicist, mathematician, Italy'sgreatest scientist, father of mathematical biology; b. Ancona, Italy,1860; former professor of physics at Rome University; doyen of ItalianSenate; president of International Committee of Weights and Measures;former president of Academia dei Linci and National Research Council;one of two Jewish members of the Pontifical Academy; vice-presidentof World VVar Inter-Allied Committee for War Inventions; Rome,Italy, Oct. 11, 1940.

WALDMAN, ISRAEL, lawyer, Zionist leader; b. Galicia, 1881; memberof Austrian Jewish National Council; Jerusalem, Palestine; reported,Sept. 27, 1940.

WEBBER, W. J., Captain, organizer, during the World War, of irregu-lar foreign legion, subsequently incorporated into the Allied armies in

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France; creator of anti-Nazi boycott movement in 1933; organizer ofthe famous Hyde Park anti-Nazi demonstration, July, 1933; London,England, reported, Aug. 16, 1940.

WOLFF, IRENE, journalist, communal worker, a leader of NationalCouncil of Jewish Women; aged 55; Montreal, Canada, Aug. 19, 1940.

YAHUDA, ISAAC YAHUDA, rabbi, scholar; aged 77; Jerusalem, Pales-tine; reported, March 28, 1941.

ZALMAN, MORITZ, Viennese writer, lawyer; at concentration campOranienburg-Sachsenhausen, May 29, 1940.

ZALMANOVITCH, AARON, rabbi, talmudic scholar; b. Ritava, Lithu-ania, 1868; came to Canada 1920; secretary of Montreal Council ofOrthodox Rabbis; Montreal, Canada, Dec. 27, 1940.

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