A contribution of $100,000 by Paul Baerwald, and one of $5,000 by Mrs. Baerwald was announced yesterday by James N. Rosenberg, chairman of the New York Allied Jewish Campaign. Mr. Baerwald is a national chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign and the Joint Distribution Committee.
Fifty thousand dollars from Paul M. Warburg, $25,000 from Mortimer L. Schiff, $20,000 from Arthur Lehman, $10,000 from Herbert N. Straus, and $5,000 from Judge Irving Lehman, were also among the contributions announced.
Other contributions announced at the Hotel Biltmore headquarters of the New York Allied Jewish Campaign were $10,000 from Mr. and Mrs. Isidore D. Morrison, $10,000 by James N. Rosenberg and $10,000 by Judge and Mrs. Josiah H. Cohen of Pittsburgh, Pa., who have given a similar amount to the drive in their home city.
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Announcement was also made of contributions of $5,000 each from Jerome J. Hanauer, William L. Hernstadt, Harry Fischel, Mr. and Mrs. James Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Max Blumberg. Three thousand dollars was given by Benjamin Stern, and $2,500 each by Jacob H. Cohen, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Godoff and Simon Kugel. Joseph Leblang gave $5,000 as did Moses Newborg, Ernest Rosenfeld and Mr. and Mrs. Sol M. Stroock; $4,000 was contributed by Louis Altschul; $3,000 by Samuel Leidesdorf, and $2,500 by D. S. Gottesman, Jacob and Nathan Levy, Abraham Liebowitz, B. K. Marcus, Samuel Sachs, Samuel A. Telsey and Morris Weinberg. Joseph Dauber contributed $1,875.
Contributions of $1,000 were announced form Mr. and Mrs. Marcy I. Berger, Morris Bienenstock, Sol Brill, Albert Erdmann, D. M. Forgan, Marshall Field, Dr. Lee K. Frankel, Henry S. Hendricks, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Hirsch, Morris Kulok, Dr. Frank Levender, Lee Levy, Walter E. Meyer, Benjamin G. Paskus, Joseph Ravitch, Julius Schwartz & Sons, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Semel, Charles Strauss, Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Vorhaus, Edward M. Warburg, Frederick M. Warburg, Dr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, Hon. William W. Cohen, Samuel L. Felber, Louis Golde, Morris Goldie, Samuel M. Golding, Henry and David Greenberg, Harold K. Guinzberg, Stuart Hirschman, Lester Hofheimer, A. Kaplan and Sons, Leon Lauterstein, Mr. and Mrs. John J. Liebowitz, Julian Clarence Levi, Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. Levy, Arthur Lippen, Mr. and Mrs. Max Naumberg, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Naumberg, Abraham and Herman Polstein and Rittenberg Brothers.
WOMEN’S DIVISION RAISES OVER $200,000
The Women’s Division of the New York Allied Jewish Campaign brought its total contributions beyond the $200,000 mark, when district chairmen made their reports at a rally in the Hotel Biltmore, preliminary to the opening of a two weeks’ intensive drive. The new contributions included one of $10,000 from Mrs. Paul Warburg, $2,500 from the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation and nineteen of $1,000 each.
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