OCR Text |
Show CONSUMPTIVES WILL BE TAUGHT HEALTHFUL TRADES Cincinnati, Jan. 21. An extension of tho social scrvlco of tho National Jewish Hospltnl for Consumptives, located lo-cated nt Denver, whereby patients aro to bo educated and taught healthful health-ful trades, was made posslblo at tho annual meeting of tho hospital board hero todny, when an endowment by Mrs. Herman August of Cloveland, Ohio and Joseph 13. Schocnberg of Now York City for this purposo was announced. A gift of $30,000 for nn lnflrmnry building to permit patients to bo retained for longer than a year was mndo by Samuel Grabfelder of Philadelphia, president of tho hospital. hospit-al. Numerous other gifts were announced, an-nounced, Including $1,000 by Benjamin Benja-min Althelmcr of St. Louis. Tho following officers wore elected: President, Samuel Grabfelder, Philadelphia; Phil-adelphia; first vice president, J. Walter Freiberg, Cincinnati; second vice president, David S. Lehman, Denver, third vlco president, Rev Dr. William S. Friedman, Denver; fourth vice president II . August, Cloveland, Ohio, treasurer, Benjamin Benja-min Althelmcr, St, Louis; secretary Mrs. S. Plsko, Denver. Hundreds of the best known Jews In tho country arrived hero today for tho twenty-third biennial council of tho Union of Amcrlcnn Hebrews Congregations. The organization represents more than 200 of tho principal Jewish congregations con-gregations of the United Stutn. |