News Brief

Samuel Kranzberg, Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal for St. Louis, has announced that a check for $30,000 as the first cash installment of the St. Louis quota of $75,000 for the United Palestine Appeal was remitted to the National Headquarters in New York.

The Committee, Mr. Kranzberg adds, will make special efforts to convert the remainder of the pledges into cash in view of the stringent needs of Palestine brought about by the shortage in Keren Hayesod receipts from Poland and other East European countries.

The campaign in St. Louis has been chartered by larger receipts than ever before and the participation of a larger number of contributors and workers, Associated with Mr. Kranzberg in the conduct of the campaign are the following: Rabbi Samuel Sale, Honorary Chairman; Frank Dubinsky, Hon. Vice-Chairman; Dr. M, Golland, Gus Gillerman; A. Goodman, Prof. Gustav Klausner, Judge Moses Hartmann, Eli Laventhal and Benjamin Mushlin, Vice-Chairmen; David Berenstein, Secretary; J. E. Silberman, Associate Secretary and A. Wolff, Treasurer.

A check for $20,000 representing the first cash installment on its quota of $25,000 for the United Palestine Appeal, was received by the National Headquarters in New York from Springfield, Mass.

As the center of the Western Massachusetts region comprising the towns of Holyoke, Pittsfield, Westfield, North Adams, Northampton, Ware and Palmer and Greenfield. Springfield has been the scene of an intensive activity for the Appeal.

The Chairman of the Campaign of Springfield is Harry M. Ehrlich and among his associates are the following: Rabbi Samuei Price, Rabbi A. Gorelich, Nathan E. Goldstein, Honorary Chairman; Herman Isenberg, Mrs. Abraham Cheiffetz, Morris Alpert, Ephraim Granstein, Mrs. Louis Cantor. Louis Feinberg, Vice-Chairmen; J. D. Kingsberg, Treasurer; Nison Riskin, Secretary.

The Western Massachusetts region is headed by Mr. Nathan E. Goldstein of Springfield as Chairman,