Word: matzoh
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Dates: during 1936-1936
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...Buyers, fur-capped and ear-muffed, enjoyed their junket. From the Hotel Wausau they took busses to the Hamburg ranch, found free drinks and bowling alleys, Wisconsin maidens serving kosher meats at the ranch clubhouse. Proceeds of the first sale ($200) were donated to a New York Matzoh Fund, a charity devoted to supplying needy Jews with Passover bread. Average pelt was auctioned for about $75; best pelt, bought by Melville Steil, president of Simpson Furs, Los Angeles, brought $465. At the close of the auction, Host Fromm said he had not been "so much gratified" since...