(Jewish Daily Bulletin)
Seventy-five thousand dollars were subscribed at the opening banquet of the Jewish Community Chest in this city towards a quota of $100,000. Judge William M. Lewis, National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, was the principal speaker at the banquet which was held at the Knickerbocker Hotel last night. The sum raised will be allocated 40 per cent for the United Palestine Appeal and 25 per cent for the United Jewish Campaign, 25 per cent for the local federation and 10 per cent for the National Farm School.
Among the larger contributions were: Max Silberman, $5,000; M. E. Blatt, S. M. Braunstein, Harry Cassman, Julius and Joel Hillman, L. M. Smit, I. Stern, $4,000 each; the Grossman family, $3,000; the Honorable Isaac Bacharach and Louis E. Stern, $2,500 each; Harry Bachrach, Harold Brand and Charles Nemcof, $2,000 each.
Harry Cassman is Chairman of the drive. Other speakers at the banquet were Jacob Billikoff, Herbert D. Allman, President of the National Farm School and Joseph B. Perskie, City Solicitor of Atlantic City.
FUR CHARITY CHEST DRIVE RAISES $360,000 AT OPENING
Contributions of $360,000 were announced by the Campaign Chairman, Motty Eitingon, at an executive committee meeting of the Charity Chest of the Fur Industry, held yesterday. The pledges that were received at the Eitingon Testimonial Dinner, held at the Pennsylvania Hotel on November 30th, showed that a number of contributors had increased their subscriptions over last year.
This was particularly noteworthy in view of the lengthy strike period through which the industry had passed during this year.
Two thousand dollars were pledged by the Salesmen’s and Buyers’ Club through its president, Leon Apfelbaum, and $1,000 was pledged by the Salesmen’s Club of the Fur Dressers and Dyers through its president, E. Luntz.
Among the larger pledges received were: $25,000 from Eitingon-Schild Co. and A. Hollander amp; Son; $15,000 for Motty Eitingon and Aaron Naumberg; $10,000 for Cantor amp; Angel and Jos. Steiner amp; Bros,; $7,500 for Kruskal amp; Kruskal; $5,500 for Alex A. Bernstein and Herman Gabbe; $5,000 for Albert Hershkovits amp; Sons and Russek’s.
The removal of Leon Trotzky from polities continues, an Associated Press despatch from Moscow stated.
The former Soviet War Minister, already having lost some of the choicest positions in the Russian Government because of his views in opposition to the powers now ruling, has been removed as head of the Dnieper Ostroy Hydro-Electric Power Works, a state enterprise.
M. Kukhimovitch, Vice President of the Supreme Economic Council, succeeds Trotzky.
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