iFray, Fetruary
12, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
Jews in Uniform
By BEN SAMUEL
'Copyright, 1942, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.
(This column is based on infor-
mation supplied by the Nation-
al Jewish Welfare Board.)
Detroit Soldier
Sketches Battles
A Detroit Soldier, Cpl. Sol
Collins, a map man- with an
American fighter group in Africa,
will have some wonderful sketch-
es to bring home when the war
is over.
Dispatches from the front re-
cently described how Corporal
Collins, son of the late Meyer
and Sarah Col-
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lins and whose
sister, Mrs. Wil-
:giam Klafer, re-
sides at 1886
Oakman Blvd.,
calmly sketched
gunbursts a n d
positions of
planes and men
in a Libyan
Desert outpost
Cpl. Collins without as much
as wincing an
eye during the excitement.
When not drawing maps for
the a r m y, Corporal Collins
spends his spare time sketching
anything in sight. His tent is
littered with drawings. It's a
problem to move them when-
ever his unit is shifted.
A graduate of Central high,
he was studying art at Wayne
University at the time of his in-
duction almost a year ago.
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SIX OF A KIND
There's a Jewish father in
Philadelphia who is pretty lone-
some these days, but happy and
proud, because all six of his sons
are serving in this nation's arm-
ed forces. Harry Podolsky's sons
are believed to represent the
largest number of brothers in ser-
vice of any family in the Phila-
delphia area. Four of them are
in the army, one in the Marine
Corps, and one in the navy.
Michael, 26, in the tank corps,
and Abraham, 26, with the Mar-
ines in the Solomon Islands, are
twins. Samuel, 28, is in the Ord-
nance Corps; Morris, 22, is a
bombardier at Jefferson Bar-
racks, Mo.; Benjamin, 20, is with
the A. E. F., in Ireland, and Ed-
ward, who is only 17, is in the
navy "somewhere abroad."
Mr. Podolsky, a widower, gets
his greatest comfort from his
sons' letters, which come to him
from distant places like the Solo-
mons and Ireland, bringing color
into his life.
Recently the Jewish Welfare
Board presented Mr. Podolsky
with a service pin bearing six
stars. The presentation was made
at patriotic exercises held in the
Broad Street YMHA under the
Earl Hordes, Technician Fourth
auspices of the Board's Philadel- Grade, has been elevated to his
phia Army and Navy Committee. present position at Camp Stone-
man, Pittsburgh, Calif., where he
is now stationed.
He is a graduate
of Central High
School and
Wayne Univer-
After nine months in the serv- sity and has
ice, the Nichamin Brothers are been in active
service since
both Corporals.
Cpl. Ruben B. Nichamin is sta- Nov. 26. He is
the son of Mr.
tioned with
and
Mrs. Wil-
351st Hqt. Air
liam Hordes. His
Base at Casper
wife, the former Betty Porvin, to
Field, Wyoming.
whom he . was married on Jan.
He enlisted nine
30, 1941, is making her home
months . ago.
with him at Pittsburgh, Calif.
Cpl. Larry D.
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Nichamin is as-
William
Roby,
signed to Co. G
who is leaving
for Great Lakes Naval Training
as Ordinance
Station in Illinois for active duty
Officer and is
as a Pharmacists' Mate in the
attending the
U. S. Naval Reserves, was hon-
Officer C and i-
date School atR. B. Nichamin ored at a farewell party on Sun-
Aberdeen Pr o v i n g Grounds, day evening, at his home, 3493
Maryland. He entered the serv- Oakman Blvd. The highlight of
ice at about the same time as his the evening was a Bond rally,
conducted by Mrs. S. C. Roby,
brother.
Mrs. Bess Roseman and Mrs.
Graduates o f Ruth Singer, netting over $2,000.
Central High Mr. Roby attended Central High
School, they are School and Cleveland College
the sons of Mr. of Chiropody.
and Mrs. Alex
Nichamin of
2485 Blaine Ave.
Mr. Nichamin is
president of the
Michigan Linen
Supply Board of
Trade and is a
L. D. Nichamin member of the
executive boards
of the Gewerkshaften Campaign
and Arlazaroff Branch of Jewish
National Workers' Alliance.
Army Promotes
Nichamin Boys
Buy War Bonds
The brothers were associated
with their father in the Progres-
sive Linen Supply Co.
SHEPHERD GAVE RED CROSS
HIS BLOOD FIVE TIMES
Morrey H. Shepherd of 11845
LaSalle Blvd. is among the De-
troiters who have the distinction
of having donated their blood
five times at the Red Cross sta-
tion here. Shepherd is a defense
worker, a Boy Scout committee-
man and a Scout commissioner.
He is an air raid warden and is
an instructor in OCD messenger
service.
Lt. Lou Spitzer has completed
a three months' course in the
Infantry and received his com-
mission upon graduation from
Fort Benning. His mother, Mrs.
R. Spitzer of 2733 Pasadena Ave.,
and brother, S. Spitzer, attended
the commencement. After a 10-
day leave, Lt. Spitzer left on
Feb. 9 for Camp Croft, South
Carolina.
Cpl. Syd Wolfe,
Missing a Year,
a „Tap Prisdner
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Lt. Allan Stiglitz
On Overseas Duty
After being reported missing in
action a year ago, Cpl. Sydney
Wolfe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Abra-
ham Wolfe of 2276 Taylor Ave.,
is a Japanese
prisoner in the
Philippines, h i s
parents were no-
tified this week.
He was connect-
ed with an ar-
tillery unit.
A graduate of
Cass Technical
i g h, Corporal
•i Wolfe, who will
Cpl. Wolfe be 25 in April,
was an employe
of the Briggs Mfg. Co. before
leaving for service, March 20,
1941. He served at Fort Sheri-
dan, Fort Wallace and Fort Bliss
before going overseas. He was to
receive a furlough in September
after his induction, but word was
received that he was sailing, and
they have not seen him since he
left.
His Last Letter
In his last letter, dated Feb. 15,
1942, he told of the confusion and
terror he went through and his
confidence of coming through the
fight safely. He said that, as far
as he knows, none of the letters
he wrote since the war started
had left and that when the mail
did go out, "you'll receive all my
mail at the same time."
"I guess you know where I
am," he wrote. "The papers back
home have all the stories and
they can tell you more than I
can. I have to listen to a San
Francisco radio broadcast to get
any news, although I know most
of it before it comes on.
Thrilling Battles
"One piece of news I heard on
the broadcast that I agree with is
the air battle we had here this
week when five of our P-40's
shot down six Japs. I saw the
battle and it was just as thrilling
and spectacular as the radio said
it was.
"Until yesterday I believe our
artillery shot down about 114
planes, which probably gives the
Japs a headache. We sure like to
see them go down when they fly
over. Keep your chins up."
Corporal Wolfe has two sisters
in Detroit, Ruth (Mrs. Irving
Bolton) of Monica Ave. and Be-
atrice (Mrs. Jack Lipson) of
Seward Ave. A brother, Pvt.
Julius Wolfe, was inducted Jan.
5, 1943, and is stationed at Kess-
ler Field, Miss.
JOINS U.H.S. STAFF
Mrs. Samuel T. Winshall, who
formerly taught at the Hebrew
School in Cambridge, Mass., has
joined the staff of the United
Hebrew Schools of Detroit.
Among the many Detroit Jew-
ish youths serving Uncle Sam
overseas is Lt. Allan Stiglitz,
according to his father, Harry
Stiglitz, of 2277
W. Euclid Ave.
Young Stiglitz,
Central high
graduate who
received his col-
lege degree at
t h e University
of Arizona, is
serving with a
bomber squad-
ron in the Mid-
Lt. Stiglitz
dle East.
Promoted to a first lieutenant
last July on the day he departed
for duty, he is 24 years old. He
enlisted in August 1941 and got
his commission December 1941.
Windsor Soldier
Out to Avenge
Mother's Death
Cpl. Rotenberg Waits Word
From Brothers, Sister After
Fleeing Poland
Cpl. Leo Rotenberg, who came
to Windsor in 1938, just two
years after arriving in Canada
from his native city of Ostrowiec
in central Po-
1 a n d, has a
tragic reason to
feel keen bitter-
ness against the
barbaric and
murdering Nazis.
When Hitler's
hordes invaded
his home 1 a n d,
his mother tried
to slip across the
Cpl. Rotenberg border into Rus-
sia. She was discovered and was
shot to death. Two brothers and
a sister still are believed to be
somewhere in Europe, but Cor-
poral Rotenberg has heard noth-
ing from them since the begin-
ning of the war.
Enlisting in the Canadian
Army in July 1940, Rotenberg
was attached to the Essex Scot-
tish. He received his lance-cor-
poral's stripe several months ago,
and now has been promoted to
corporal and assigned to orderly
duties for "C" Company, No. 1
District Depot, Windsor.
His father, Max Rotenberg, is
in the women's apparel business
in Toronto, Canada.
Corporal Rotenberg is going to
be married with Clara Lastfosky
of Toronto in April. They were
engaged during her visit to her
cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tuck-
er, of 214 Taylor Ave., Detroit.
Fischer, Head
of Light Board,
A Navy Officer
Commissioned a Lieutenant,
Son of Rabbi Fischer
Leaves for Duty
President of the Detroit Public
Lighting Commission since last
April, Kenneth Fischer now has
a new commission to his credit.
A practicing attorney here
since his graduation from the
University of Michigan in 1932,
Fischer last
week received
a commission as
lieutenant in
the Navy and
has reported for
duty in the East.
Lieutenant
Fischer, son of
Rabbi Moses
Fischer of Con-
gregation Bnai
Moshe, resided
Lt. Fischer
with his father
at 3749 Fullerton Ave. His bro-
ther, Milton, will continue to op-
erate their law business at 3070
Penobscot Bldg.
Only 34 years old now, Lieut.
Fischer was appointed to the
lighting commission in 1939. His
appointment and assignment to
duty came so suddenly he prom-
ised to send his resignation from
the commission as soon as possi-
ble, according to Howard Cro-
well, secretary to Mayor Jeffries.
Beveridge Urges
Nations Aid Jews
To Escape Nazis
LONDON (JPS-Palcor)—It is
the duty of the United Nations,
even if they feel they will be
unsuccessful, to try to persuade
the German Government to per-
mit the evacuation of Jews in the
occupied territories, it is urged
by Sir William Beveridge, most
famous for his recent exhaustive
report on England's social secur-
ity program, in an article in the
Sunday Observer.
Dealing with the long-range
problem of the homelessness of
Jews, Sir William also touches
on the feasibility of placing the
majority of them in a central
country, although he makes no
specific suggestion as to the place,
asserting that it ought not to be
too difficult to find such a land.
Sir William insists that the
United Nations should make im-
mediate representation's to Hit-
ler to allow the Jews to quit
the Axis-occupied territories.
"It is a test for the humanity
of the United Nations and their
capacity as a grand alliance to
make up their minds for a solu-
tion," he declares.
"Starve a Cold?"
How many old sayings do you recall about what to do for a
cold? . Everybody has his pet cure; but nobody has a cure-all.
May we offer our advice, since everybody else has probably
offered his? When you have the symptoms of a cold or the
grippe go to bed, give your body a chance to fight the infection.
For treatment turn to your 'family doctor, he knows best how
to get you back to normal, the quickest.
Our prescription pharmacists can't tell you what medicine to
take for your cold but they can compound your doctor's pres-
cription for your cold. Every item that goes into your medicine
is checked, every step in the work is examined, yet prescrip-
tion prices are Detroit's lowest.
CAMPUS and WOODWARD;
RANDOLLTH at MONROE
Drug Department