The 3-day sixth international tournament of the Order Zadik Aleph, junior branch of B’nai B’rith, will open Friday and will last through Sunday night. Friday will be devoted to contests in basketball and debating. Basketball teams participating will be from Birmingham, Ala., Jersey City, N. J., Des Moines, Ia., Portland, Ore., Toledo, O., Windsor, Ontario, Pueblo, Colo., Superior, Wis., and West Town Chapter of Chicago.
Debating teams coming to Detroit for the contest will be from Chester, Pa., Beaver Valley, Pa., Little Rock, Ark., Vancouver, B. C., Winnepeg, Canada, and Detroit Chapter 63.
The oratorical contest will be held in Windsor, Sunday afternoon, participants coming from Denver, Colo., St, Louis, Mo., Memphis, Tenn., Oakland, Cal., Minneapolis, Minn., and Detroit Chapter 63.
Trophies and awards to winners will be presented at the banquet which will close the tournament on Sunday evening in Windsor. Philip Klutznick of Omaha, national secretary of A. Z. A., will be the speaker.
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