Foreign Language Press Service

To all Lodz countrymen Help us organize a Relief Society It is very important to assist our brothers at the present time. We will meet Sunday, August 17th at 3 p-m at 909 N Campbell Ave. (adv.)

The Women's Branch of the Bethesda Old People's Home Society gave a midsummer festival at the Home last Wednesday. The "Oldsters" were all hale and hearty, and enjoyed the affair very much. A profit of $94.00 was made.

What are the problems which will confront the forthcoming Zionist convention in America? One has only to glance at the world situation to realize the conditions of the Jewish people at the present time, and to surmise accurately which problems will be of primary importance at [the Zionist Con

The Adas Bnai Israel Congregation, 1113 Ashland Boulevard, has bought the building at the above address for five thousand dollars. They wish to establish a Jewish Orthodox community center and hope to attract a great many of the Jewish youth in that neighborhood.

About one thousand Jewish men and women from various parts of Chicago yesterday witnessed the ceremony of the laying of the cornerstone for a synagogue and social center in Oak Forest. The Jewish inmates there were very happy--first because of the great number of guests, and second because th

(Special to the Courier), New York, August 17: The ship "Jakamaya" left New York today on its way to Galatz, laden with food and clothing for Jewish war-sufferers in Rumania. Mr. Adolph Soloman, representative of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Rumania, will supervise the distrib

Walter Ahlschlager, architect, and Stafford and Tranke, real-estate brokers, bought the vacant property on the northeast corner of Sheridan Road and Wilson Avenue for $450,000, the highest price ever paid for property in this vicinity. They also bought the nearby property at 936-38 Wilson Ave

The Post Office released No. 19 of Znanje, also two of the seized numbers 17 and 18. In none of the seized numbers was anything contrary to the existing laws. But our enemies are after us constantly. They interpret and explain wrongly the writings of our paper and this trouble with

The office of the Joint Relief Committee of Chicago received a reply from the State Department as to whether American Jews may bring their relatives from Eastern Europe. The letter states, that the State Department does not know why they could not do so. Relatives of those living in

The rates (which Workmen Circle members) will have to pay for each $500. insurance aid as follows: 18 year old members $5.20 25 year old members 6.60 30 year old memb

Mr. Nathan Alexander, a ladies skirt manufacturer of 1743 West Division Street, who donated $50 last Sunday at the laying of the cornerstone for a synagogue and social center in Oak Forest, was so enthused about the institution that he phoned yesterday Mr. Herman Elenbogen, vice-president of

The last to promise a carload of food for the War sufferers was Mr. Max Karshak, editor of the "Lawyers' Column" in the Courier. On the day following his promise, he already brought to the relief office $200, contributed by the following: Grossman Shoe Co., $100; Karshak and Co., $25; A. E. K

Jewish Butcher Employers refuse to negotiate with the Union. The Butchers Union Local 589 have stated their new demands to the butcher employers: (1) Recognition of the Union (2) A raise of $10.00 per week (3) 54 hrs labor per week (4) One wee

All cleaners and dyers in Chicago, over a thousand workers, stopped work early this morning, beginning a strike for a forty-four hour week, a minimum wage, and recognition of their union. The cleaners and dyers are well-organized under the supervision of the Gewerkschaften (United H

After a four-week struggle, the striking sweater workers won their first significant victory yesterday when Mr. Herman H. Newberger, owner of the Royal Knitting Mills, 846 West Jackson Boulevard, and Mr. David H. Gortshakov, of the Western Knitting Mills, 1146 Blue Island Avenue, settled with

A very enthusiastic meeting of delegates and members of the Zionist convention committee was held last night in Judge [Hugo] Pam's courtrooms. From the many reports one could tell that the twenty-second Zionist Convention, to be held in Chicago from the 12th to the 18th of September

Mr. M. H. Rappaport, general organizer of the Knitters Union, who succeeded last Tuesday in settling the strike against two prominent manufacturers, Mr. Herman H. Newberger, of the Royal Knitting Mills, and Mr. David Gorchakoff, of the Western Knitting Mills, sent the following letter to Mr.

W. H. Wood bought the residence at 6826 Euclid Avenue from M. Behrens for $36,500. The apartment building on the south side of Windsor Avenue, 279 feet east of Sheridan Road, was sold by C. Adler to William H. Lange for $20,000. The apartment building at 3500-02 Rokeby Str

The historical War Torah, which Corporal Harry Fenn brought from France, after having saved it from cannon fire, will be presented to the Congregation Anshe Merob.....August 24..... The ceremony will begin 3:00 P.M. from Central Pk. Avenue, from where the Torah, carried under a cano

First performance of Messrs. Kessler, Levinson, and Glickman. Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings. Saturday and Sunday matinees, August 29- 30. Monday (Labor Day) Matinee & Evening. The first time in Chicago. "A MAIDENS DREAM" Great drama in 4 acts