Rabbi Chaim Kaplan
חיים ב"ר יצחק יונה
Rav, Congregation Kneses Israel, Seagate, New YorkDate of Death:
Thu. June 20, 1946 -
Sivan 21 5706
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Biographical Notes:
The Rav was among the over 400 Rabbanim and Admorim who on the day before Erev Yom Kippur, 1943 marched on Washington, D.C. demanding that the Roosevelt administration help save the Jews of Europe.
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His petirah is mentioned here:
http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=28680&st=&pgnum=10&hilite=
So he was the Son-in-Law of Reb Yisroel Dusowitz:
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-yisroel-dusowitz/#comment-13305