Evening star., 1949-11-02
Cantor Whom Nazis
Spared at Executions
Becomes Citizen

American citizenship was con-
ferred on 81 men and women and
restored to two others in District
Court yesterday.
In the group was Sholom Katz,
the stout Jewish cantor who sang
the mournful requiems of his re-
ligion while 1000 of his people
toppled into a mass grave before
the guns of a Nazi firing squad
There was Mrs. Jacqueline
Moret Brown. lovely blond
French girl, whose husband gave
up his post in the American dip
lomatic service to marry at the
end Of the war. He was pacing
the corridor outside with their
cherubic 19-month-old daughter.
There was husky Chief Petty Of
ff1cer Alexander Mcbride Hughes,
"a, who lost his citizenship when
he went to fight with the South
African Air Force and returned
Ito the United States in 1941 in
time to fight the Japs from Amer
lean submarines after Pearl Har-
Dor.
Restored to Mrs. Cherner.
There was Mrs. Joseph Cherner,
the wife of the District autono-
bile dealer, who lost her citizen-
ship when she married him in
1921. For many years she thought
it had been restored to her when
he became naturalized in 1927.
And there were many others
from many lands.
A color guard from the United
States Marine Corps stood sturdy
and straight with their flags and
rifles while Judge Henry A..
schweinhaut greeted the new
citizens.
"This Government has no greater
gift within its power than the
bestowal of its citizenship upon
you." the jurist said. Care for
it and treat 1t tenderly."
I'm return for the many rights
1t bestows." said Jerome F. Bar
nard, president Of the District Bar
Association, your country will
expect you to defend it-with arms
if need be-"
Singing Voice Saves Life.
After the ceremony. Cantor Katz
told reporters of his experience
after the Nazi armies swept into
Romania and began sending all
Jews to the concentration camp.
Orders came one day for them
to kill 1000 of u.s." he said, "and
was called out with the others.
AS we stood beside the mass grave,
I asked permission to sing. All
right, Jew they told me, die
singing So I began to sing"
The Nazi officers liked his voice
and ordered him spared so he
could sing in their barracks.
Cantor Katz, who lives at 1900
Randolph street NV, arrived in
the United States in March. 1947,
and became cantor at the Beth
Sholom Congregation, $40 Shep-
herd street NV. He gave up his
post last year to sing at concerts
throughout the country and make
recordings. He flew into Wash
ington from a concert in Cleve-
land to appear at the naturaliza-
ton proceedings.
| Mrs. Brown was q student In |
Paris when France fell. She met
her husband at a party at the
American Embassy where he was
stationed as vice counsul IN |
1945. They were married in San
Francisco In 1947 and now live
at 1922 Thirty-f1rst street Sc.
Others Naturalized.
Among others naturalized were:
James D. Scopeletis, 1473 Irving
street NV: August Przybilla.
Edgewater, Md; Lucie Michaelsen
Williams, 1918 Twelfth street
NV; Jacob MULTI. GA Randolph
street NV; Mrs. Charlotte FL
Stephenson. I'LL Massachusetts,
avenue NV: Mrs. Adelaide We
leiro, 479 Orange street Sc; Wong
WI Yew, $40 Seventh street Sc;
Marie Benes. 1925 Phelps place
NV; Petros Stefanou, 608 Park
road NV; Nicolas L. Andritisakis,
SOILS Sixteenth street NV; Mrs.
Becee Lo Leavell. 4413 @ street
NV; Martha Luque Martin, New
York City.
Also Mrs. Eugene Conidas, 713I
Third street NV: Dagmar Maria
Birge. 1890 Reservoir road NV;
Fredesvindo B. Fune, National
War College; Elsie Wadington,
20l0 Rhode Island avenue NE;
Mrs. Janet Leigh, $500 @ street
INV; Mrs. Leda II. Lippincott. Is,
1911 Twenty-first street NV;
Lydia Kinney. 551 Le Baum street
Sc: Mrs. Anna Segal. 1138
Seventh street NV; Elizabeth
DAILY, 1923 Kansas avenue NV:
Mathilde Ferguson. 1925 Twenty
first street NV; Frank Weltlinger,
1854 Georgia avenue NV; Maria
T. Scaldaferri. 821 Tuckerman
street NV.
Also Gertrude Henderson, Grove
ton. Va; Pamela johnson Jova,
1904 Thirty second street NV;
Mrs. Gladys Irene Bartlett, New
York City; Mrs. 1nger Marie Dunn,
Baltimore: Marciano fernando
Lopez, 1871 Lanier place NV;
Juliana Karolina Pollak, 1919
Eighth street NV; Jesus Matio
Perez. Fort Belvoir, Va; Silverio|
Amos Basilio. $500 z street NV:
Gerald v. Hecht. 1889 Kansas ave-
nue. NV; Servo Castillo soriano,
Naval Academy. Annapolis, and
Hilarion Ramos Valvez, Naval
Academy.
Mrs. Susan 6. Scott Ends