Combined Campaign in Wilkes-barre District Raises $145,000 at Start

(Jewish Daily Builetin)

More than $145,000 was raised by Wilkes-Barre and the neighboring communities of Wyoming Valley in one hour at a banquet Sunday night, at the Sterling Hotel towards a quota of $150,000 for the United Palestine Appeal and the Joint Distribution Committee. The original quota for Wyoming valley had been set at $110,000, which was voluntarily increased to $150,000, after prelimnary responses were received by the Committee.

Judge William M. Lewis, National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, Congressman Benjamm Golder of Philadelphia, and Albert H. Lieberman, were the speakers at the dinner. Harry Hirshowitz, chairman of the Joint Campaign, was the toastmaster.

Returns from the smaller communities in Wyoming Valley show that Pittston, under the leadership of 1. Gompertz, with a quota of $6,000, reported $12,000 raised; Plymouth, with M. Plessett as chairman, oversubscribed its quota of $5,000, raising $7,000. Nanticoke, under the chairmanship of Joseph J. Tannenbaum, raised $8,400 towards a quota of $5,000. The communities known as the West Side with J. S. Wurman as chairman. raised $16,500.

The Women’s Division, with Mrs. Cosmar P. Long as chairman raised $25,000 among the women of Wilkes-Barre, more than doubling a quota of $10,000, originally assigned to the Women’s Division. The Workmen’s Circle consisting of one hundred members subscribed $5,000 exceeding a quota originally assigned of $2,500. A committee of Christians, led by Dr. Louis H. Taylor, is seeking to raise $15,000 as a contribution towards the Joint Campaign.

Among the contributors were J. K. Weitzenkorn. $8,500; H. F. Stern, $5,000; Harry Hirshowitz, $3,500; L Cohen. $2,500; Nelson Brothers, $2,500; Bravman Brothers. Cosmar P. Long. M. F. Long. I. S. Long and Ben Weitzenkorn, $2,000 each.