MILLER, JULIUS, New York City, re-elected president of the Borough of Manhattan, Nov. 3, 1925. MORGENTHAU, HENRY, New York City, awarded by university at Athens, honorary degree of LL.D., Nov. 30, 1925. Moscowitz, GROVER M., Brooklyn, N. Y., appointed Federal Judge for Eastern District of New York, Dec. 21, 1925. OCHS, ADOLPH S., New York City, awarded by University of Chattanooga, honorary degree of Doctor of Letters, Oct. 15, 1925. PHILIPSON, DAVID, Cincinnati, O., awarded by Hebrew Union Coldege, Cincinnati, O., honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law, Oct. 24, 1925. SCHULMAN, SAMUEL, New York City, awarded by Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O., honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law, Oct. 24, 1925. SEASONGOOD, MURRAY, Cincinnati, O., elected mayor by the City Charter Committee Councilmen, Dec. 29, 1925. SELIGMAN, EDWIN R. A., New York City, awarded by Sorbonne, degree of Ph.D., honoris causa, Nov. 28, 1925. SHOHET, DAVID MENAHEM, Dorchester, Mass., awarded by Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York City, degree of Doctor of Hebrew Literature, June 7, 1925. SILVER, ABBA HILLEL, Cleveland, O., awarded by Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O., degree of Doctor of Divinity, June 6, 1925. SIMON, Abram, Washington, D. C., awarded by Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O., honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law, Oct. 24, 1925. STONE, NAT, Milwaukee, Wis., awarded by Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., Certificate of Distinctive Civic Service, June 3, 1925 SULZER, MARCUS R., Madison, Ind., elected mayor, Nov. 3, 1925. WILEY, LOUIS, New York City, awarded by University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky., honorary degree of Doctor of Laws, June 1, 1925. WOLFSON, HARRY A., Cambridge, Mass., appointed professor of Jewish Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University, Nov. 27, 1925. YELLIN, SAMUEL, Philadelphia, Pa., awarded Philadelphia Civic Award of $10,000, by Board of Trustees of the Philadelphia Civic Award (founded by Edward W. Bok), Feb. 10, 1926. BRITISH EMPIRE BEARSTED, LORD (MARCUS SAMUEL), created viscount on the occasion of the King's birthday. HARTOG, PHILIP J., Dacca, India, knighted, Jan. 1, 1926. Heilbuth, GEORGE H., Westminster, elected mayor, Nov. 9, 1925. HIPS, ABRAHAM ALFRED, Winnipeg, Canada, elected member of House of Commons, Oct. 29, 1925. JACOBS, S. W., Montreal, Canada, elected member of House of Commons, Oct. 29, 1925. KADOORIE, E. S., Shanghai, appointed Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, July 14, 1925. KISCH, B. S., appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire, Jan. 1, 1926. LASKI, HAROLD J., London, appointed professor of Political Science at the School of Economics, University of London. LEWIS, LOUIS, Islington, elected mayor, Nov. 9, 1925. MATTUCK, ISRAEL L., London, awarded by Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, O., honorary degree of Doctor of Hebrew Law, Oct. 24, 1925. ROSENBERG, S., Chatham, elected mayor, Nov. 9, 1925. SAMUEL, SIR HERBERT, London, appointed chairman of the royal commission to investigate the coal industry, Sept. 5, 1925. SILVERMAN, J. E., Southampton, elected mayor, Nov. 9, 1925. FRANCE DREYFUS, EUGENE, Paris, appointed President of the Court of Appeals of Paris. STEEG, M., Paris, appointed resident general of Morocco, Oct. 7, 1925. GERMANY EINSTEIN, ALBERT, Berlin, awarded by Royal Society of London, the Copley Medal, Nov. 30, 1925. HUNGARY HEVESI, SIMON, Budapest, appointed Jewish Representative in Upper House. IRAQ DANIEL, MENAHEM, elected to Constituent Assembly. LATVIA DUBIN, M., elected to the Sejm, Oct. 3-4, 1925. PALESTINE HYAMSON, ALBERT M., appointed by High Commissioner Plumer, chief immigration officer, Sept. 1, 1925. POLAND BAUMINGER, ISAAC, Cracow, elected to the Senate to succeed the late rabbi Judah Leib Kowalski. III. SPECIAL BEQUESTS AND GIFTS UNITED STATES BARUCH, BERNARD M., New York City, don. $250,000 to Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., for study of "war profiteering" as a cause of war and $10,000 to United Daughters of the Confederacy, Americus, Ga., in memory of his mother, for research work in Confederate history, Jan. 6, 1925. BERG, ADOLPH, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $25,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities. BERG, DAVID, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $40,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities. Bloch, Arthur, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $25,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities. BLUMENTHAL BROTHERS, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $50,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities. Blumenthal, Georges, New York City, don. 1,500,000 francs to the University of Paris. BOASBERG, EMANUEL, Buffalo, N. Y., don. $100,000 to University of Buffalo, in celebration of sixtieth birthday, for a chair in American history. BROWN, FREDERICK, New York City, don. (conditionally) site valued at $500,000 for sixteen story office building to house the Federation for Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies of New York City, and other institutions. CONGREGATION B'NAI JESHURUN, New York City, establishes the B'nai Jeshurun Centennial Educational Fund of $100,000 in memory of one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the congregation, for Jewish education among children of the poor. CULLMAN, IDA R., New York City, beq. $30,000 in memory of Sinron and Hattie Rothschild to Montefiore Hospital for Chronic Diseases for a Simon and Hattie Rothschild Ward; $10,000 in memory of parents to Mt. Sinai Hospital for bed; and $10,000 to non-Jewish charity, filed Sept. 1, 1925. Fels, Samuel, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $40,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. FLEISCHMANN, MAX, Cincinnati, O., don. (conditionally) $200,000 to City Council of Santa Barbara, Cal., for construction of a breakwater for a harbor. Fleischer, ALFRED W., Philadelphia, Pa., don. $40,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. FLEISHER, ARTHUR A., Philadelphia, Pa., don. $10,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. FLEISHER, BENJAMIN W., Philadelphia, Pa., beq. $50,000 as trust fund to the Federation of Jewish charities and the Jewish Hospital Association of Philadelphia. FOX, WILLIAM, New York City, don. $250,000 to the United Jewish Campaign of $15,000,000. FRIEDMANN, LIONEL, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $25,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. GERSTLEY, MR. AND MRS. LOUIS, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $25,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. GERSTLEY, MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $25,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. GIMBEL BROTHERS, Philadelphia, Pa., don. $250,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities. GOLDER, BENJAMIN, Philadelphia, Pa., don. year's salary as congressman, of $10,000 and $5,000 in Liberty Bonds to Federation of Jewish charities for building fund for Jewish Educational Institutions, Dec. 11, 1925. GRATZ, SIMON, Philadelphia, Pa., beq. $5,000 to Gratz College for endowment fund; one-third of estate, estimated at $1,000,000, to the city for relief of teachers and other employees of the Board of Education; one-third to the Free Library of Philadelphia; and one-third to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for purchase of manuscripts and books and for maintenance of the society, Sept. 2, 1925. GREENBERG, JOSEPH J., Philadelphia, Pa., don. $100,000 to the Federation of Jewish charities. GREENFIELD, ALBERT M., Philadelphia, Pa., don. $100,000 to the Federation of Jewish Charities. GUGGENHEIM, DANIEL, New York City, establishes the David Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics of $2,500,000. GUGGENHEIM, DANIEL, New York City, don. $500,000 to New York University, New York City, for a school of Aeronautics, June 12, 1925. GUGGENHEIM, MURRY, New York City, don. $50,000 for endowment fund of $5,000,000 for the Hebrew Union College, October, 1925. HEINSHEIMER, ALFRED M., New York City, don. to Hospital for Joint Diseases, his home at Breezy Point, Far Rockaway, for country home and $500,000 for maintenance, Dec. 1, 1925. HIRSCH, ROBERT B., Stamford, Conn., beq. $30,000 to the Educational Alliance, Hebrew Technical Institute for Boys, and Hebrew Technical Institute for Girls; $45,000 to non-Jewish charity; and $1,700,000 as trust fund to the Society for Ethical Culture for the education of children and for the training of teachers, Dec. 31, 1925. HIRSHON, CHARLES, New York City, beq. $100,000 to Federation for the Support of Jewish Philanthropic Societies, to be paid in ten annual instalments, Nov. 2, 1925. |