Herbert Mois Avram, 1953

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September 02 1953

Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, September 02, 1953

Arlington Champion To Defend Chess Title
Herbert Avram of Arlington, current State champion, has indicated he will defend his title against some 25 contenders at the Virginia Chess Federation's sixteenth annual tournament here September 5, 6 and 7.
A business meeting, set for 10:30 A. M. Saturday at Hotel Richmond will precede the tourney.
The tournament will be a seven-round Swiss system affair, Rodney M. Baine, federation president said yesterday. Under the system, Baine said, as each round is completed, persons with similar scores are paired for the next round.
The tournament is open to Virginia residents and to students attending schools and colleges in the State, Baine said.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1952

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September 02 1952

Ledger-Star, Norfolk, Virginia, Tuesday, September 02, 1952

Herbert Avram New Chess Champ
Herbert Avram, of Arlington, is Virginia's new champion chess player.
Avram, former holder of championships in New York and New England, was named winner of the Virginia Chess Federation following a tournament conducted Monday in Hotel Portsmouth, Portsmouth.
The new State champion is rated as a master player. He took top honors after winning five and one-half games and totaling the most points.
The Sonnenburg-Berger method of scoring points was used in the tournament.
Second-place winner was Malcolm Wiener, of Washington D.C. with five and one-half games to his credit. C. B. Spencer, of Portsmouth, captured third-place honors with five games.
Others entered in the tournament and their games follow:
Russell Chauvenet, Silver Springs Md., 4½; Anthony Pabon, Jr., Roanoke 4½; S. V. McCasland, Charlottesville, 4; Donald Stetzer, Washington, 4; G. F. Miller Washington, 4; Edmund Nash, Washington, 3½; Leonard Moegan, Roanoke, 3½; John R. Rice, Washington, 3½; Martin Seidelman, Falls Church, 3½.
Rodney Baine, Richmond, 3; William Poff, Vickers, 3; Jack Palmer, Richmond, 2; C. W. Riden, Norfolk, 3; Herman Wobus, Norfolk, 3; W. R. Triplett, Portsmouth, 2; William Bell, Norfolk, 1; and Nathan Safian, Portsmouth, 1.
The tournament for Labor Day, 1953, will be held in Richmond and will be a closed contest open only to residents of Virginia. An open tournament will be conducted during the year with the time and place to be announced at a later date.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1928

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June 17 1928

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, June 17, 1928

Avram and Schildkraut Lead Chess Players
Herbert Avram, George Washington High, won three games in the 10th, 11th and 12th rounds at the Manhattan Chess Club yesterday, and moved into the lead in the race for the individual championship of the Interborough High School Chess League. Second place was taken by Hyman Schildkraut, Monroe, who was successful in defeating the former leader, Edward Solomon, Madison, in the 11th round.
While Avram has only one more game to play, both Schildkraut and Solomon need two games to complete their schedules. Myron Wiener of James Madison ranks fourth, C. Ruy of Clinton, fifth, and Max Serbis of Clinton, sixth. Summaries:
Tenth round— Schildkraut. Monroe, 1; Cohen, Evander, 0; Wiener, Madison, 1; Goldstein, Boys High, 0; Chernoff, Morris, 1; Kovner, New Utrecht, 0; Sussman, Richmond Hill, 0; Gazik, Clinton, 1; Avram, Washington, 1; Borowitz, Boys High, 0; Serbin, Clinton, l; Schleifer, Eastern, 0.
Eleventh round— Cohen, Evander, ½; Sussman, Richmond Hill, ½; Solomon, Madison, 0; Schildkraut, Monroe, 1; Chernoff, Morris, 0; Wiener, Madison, 1; Gazik, Clinton, 1; Kovner, New Utrecht, 0; Schleifer, Eastern, 0; Ray, Clinton, 1; Goldstein, Boys High, 0; Avram, Washington, 1; Borowitz, Boys High, 0; Serbin, Clinton, 1.
Twelfth round— Avram, Washington, 1; Ruy, Clinton, 0.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 2006

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2006

Herbert Mois Avram, internment at Arlington National Cemetery.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1965

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September 07 1965

The Courier-News, Bridgewater, New Jersey, Tuesday, September 07, 1965

Championship Chess—Bernard Zuckerman of Brooklyn, front table, right, winner of the New Jersey Open Chess Championship Tournament at the Park Hotel, ponders the board during match with James Sherwin of New York, who tied for second. At the rear table are James Gore of New York, left, who also tied for second, and Herbert Avram of Silver Spring, MD.

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Herbert Mois Avram, 1927

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June 27 1927

Daily News, New York, New York, Monday, June 27, 1927

He “Did” Paris On A Nickel!—Herbert Avram, 16, schoolboy stowaway who went to Paris to see Lindy, got back here yesterday. He's seen with his mother, Mrs. M. H. Avram, and younger brother, Lloyd, to whom he's showing route of his tour.

STOWAWAY, 14, RETURNS FROM PARIS RIDING IN STATE LIKE IDOL LINDY
Father Laughs and Mother Cries Over Prodigal.
Chubby Herbie Avram's great adventure ended yesterday with laughter, tears of joy, and congratulations. Herbie set a world's record for stowaways by managing to stow himself full of food and coin while stowing away.
June 1, Herbie, who's 14, was wending a particularly unenthusiastic way to school at De Witt Clinton high. His comfortable home, 60 West 181st St., and fond friends and relatives had grown just a little too much so.
So Herbie strolled to the riverfront. There he saw a liner, with all steam up, ready to sail for France. “Why not?” thought Herbie. “Lindy did.”
He hid in a stateroom. When they found him, out at sea, Herbie's assurance and bright face won the captain and crew. They treated him as a first class passenger, even though he had just 50 cents.
But that wasn't the last of his triumphs. To French government officials, Herbie looked like a millionaire. They waived all passport rules and Herbie was taken to Paris—to be welcomed to the arms of his sisters, Marguerite and Violet, who are students there.
Still stowed away in state, Herbie arrived home aboard the liner Savoie yesterday. He was full of good French food, dressed in the best his sisters could buy, and swaggering about the deck with 40 francs in his pockets.
Herbie's pa, Mois Avram, manufacturing inventor of 25 Broad St., welcomed him laughingly. And his mother wept over him. It all seemed to bore Herbie.
“Anyway I didn't get a licking,” he said, looking out the window toward the North river.

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July 03 1927

The Charlotte News, Charlotte, North Carolina, Sunday, July 03, 1927

Herbert Avram, 14, high school boy, went to Paris with a nickel to see Lindbergh. As long as his money holds out, it seems, he intends to stay in France, as the dispute still rages as to how and when he will return. The French line wants Herbert's father to pay his way back. Herbert went over on the La Savoie, June 2.

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