Hardships of Romanian Jews Revealed by Joint Distribution
Miss Hetty Geldman, envoy for the American Jewish War Sufferers, reports severe starvation and destitution among Jews in Romania Bulgaria Greece and Serbia. She cites crowded Bulgarian rooms, job loss for skilled Jewish workers, high Jewish death rates in Bucharest and Jassy, and traders profiteering while prices stay high.
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Rumania
Bulgaria
Greece
Serbia
Hetty Geldman
Joint Distribution Committee
Felix M. Warburg
Miss Goldman
Balkan
Miss Oldman
Sofia
Romania
Tiey
Palestine
Bucharest
Jassy
Kishineff
Galatz
Brasia
Ailas Gold- Man
fLummania
American Food Commission
Food Commission
Red Cross
Pogrom Day Observances Stir London Demonstrations
Indignation over Polish massacres marked Pogrom Day in Britain with fasting prayers and large London rallies. Jewish leaders including Zangwill Brailsford and Kenworthy spoke as 100000 marched led by discharged Jewish soldiers, while Sir Robert Cecil and Sydney Webb sent letters hoping for protection under the Peace Treaty.
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Great Britain
Zionist Organization of America
London
Ammons
Israel Zangwill
H. N. Brailsford
Kenworthy
M. P
Schmurya Levin
Poland
Sir Robert Cecil
Sydney Webb
Sir Robert
Europe
Illinois delegates plan $55 million Jewish relief drive
Delegates from thirty five Illinois cities met under Julius Rosenwald to organize subscription plans toward a $55,000,000 fund for Jewish relief in Europe. Chicago has a $3,250,000 quota, with Rosenwald already contributing $200,000 as Dr Nathan Krass of New York references the Poland mission to aid victims.
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New York Times
Chicago
Ill
Illinois
Julius Rosenwald
Illneis
Europe
Rosenwald
H. H. Lever
New York
American Jewish Belief Committee
Nathan Krass
Central Synagogue
Poland
Wilson
Dr. Krass
Warsaw
Plans for Big Hebrew Orphan House at Yonkers Site
The Hebrew National Orphan House, now at 52 St. Mark's Place, has purchased the German Odd Fellows' Home property on Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers. Nineteen and a half acres with a 150 by 160 foot main building was bought for 400000 dollars. Plans call for a cottage system and 500 cottages to house about 2000 orphans, plus farming and trade schools overseen by Dr. Ludwig Bernstein.
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Tuckahoe Road
Yonkers
Hebrew National Orphan House
St. Mark’s Place
Leo Learner
Orphan House
Cvstem
Ludwig Bernstein
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
Keep Astoria Ferry Open for Queens Market and Growth
A brief by Michael F. Dugan to the Board of Estimate argues the Astoria Ferry between Ninety-second Street and Astoria Avenue should be kept running. It cites 6,447 vehicles in a December 1913 54 hour period after the Queensboro Bridge opened and notes 70 percent of Lower Island farm trucks used the ferry to reach Harlem Market.
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Ninety-second Street
Astoria Avenue
Queens
Michael F. Dugan
Board of Estimate
Queensboro Bridge
Harlem Market
Fifty-ninth Street
Upper Arens
Low Island
Brooklyn
United States
Long Island City
Five Children Saved From Jersey City Fire Dropped From Windows
A Jersey City fire at 263 and 265 Grand Street last night saw five children under nine dropped from upper windows by worried relatives. Neighbors Orlcyvsky and Morris Silverman caught four youngsters from 265 Grand Street while Nellie Kzelsky leaped from a second floor, injuring her ankle. Fire began under a rear porch and quickly climbed to the roof as flames engulfed stairs and halls before residents noticed danger.
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Grand Street
Jersey City
Nellie Kzelsky
Orlcvsky
Morris Silverman
Scots Open Canada Week in New York Gallery
More than 1,000 attended the opening of Canada Week at the Anderson Galleries where Scottish residents hosted the event by the Canadian War Painting Exhibition. The program featured dances by Murdo Elder and music by James Murdo, baritone Hector A. Smith, moving pictures of Vimy Ridge, and performances under Charles Turnbull and Captain J M Stewart.
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Anderson Galleries
Fifty-ninth Street
Park Avenue
Charles Turnbull
Clan Mackenzie
Clan McDuff
Clan Graham
J. M. Stewart
Company C
New York Scottish Regiment
Murdo Elder
James Murdo
Hector A. Smith
Brooklyn
Vimy Ridge
Livatt
Arctic Explorer Indicted in Cruelty Case
Captain Jacques Suzanne Arctic explorer and Highland Falls resident is indicted by the Orange County Grand Jury on cruelty to his 14 year old daughter Isabel. He drove sled caravans up Fifth Avenue earlier and keeps arctic animals at a Highland Falls lodge. He is free on $1000 bail and denies the charge as a family dispute.
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New York Times
Haverstraw
Isabel
Orange County Grand Jury
Jacques Suzanne
Highland Falls
Suzanne
New York
Fifth Avenue
Arctic
Helen de Seife
Welcome Home Day to honor Oyster Bay veterans on July fourth
Oyster Bay on June 20 announces July 4 will be celebrated as Welcome Home Day for 507 veterans. Lieut. Col. Roosevelt to lead the parade and deliver the principal address in the park made famous by his father. Frederic R. Coudert will present medals before a lawn dinner at J. C. Moore’s home, then services and a wreath at Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s grave, where over 2,000 visitors had earlier placed flowers.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
United States
Col
Roosevelt
Frederic R. Coudert
J. C. Moore
Theodore Roosevelt
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