THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, Sepfember 17, 1943

With Ca Pt. Stigtitz in Afrka

His Missions Took Him
From Suez to Medinnene

Sgt. E. S. Hordes
Photographed at
Desk in Sicily

Always Close to Front, Detroiter Relates Experiences From Detroiter in Overseas Serv-
ice Since May; Saw Action
Time He Left U. S. Until Rout of Axis in Africa;
in North Africa
Visited Palestine, Too

Page Eleven

Jews in Uniform

Lt. Zolkower Gets
Promotion After
Marriage in West

Lt. Meyer Zolkower, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H.

the Jewish News has been
Capt. Allan Stiglitz, whose home is at 2277 W. Euclid
Zolkower of
Ave.. according to a recent letter received by his father, privileged to publish news about 5224 W. Outer
Harry Stiglitz, -is having a "wonderful" time over there servicemen who are fighting on Drive, was mar-

• bombing the Axis.
At the time he wrote this let-i
ter, Capt. Stiglitz was based in
Africa. But since the fall of
Sicily and surrender of Italy his
whereabouts are unknown.
"Well, now it can be told," he
writes, "the war in Africa is over.
A year ago this time Herschel
Information reaching here says
H. Levine of Detroit was a pri-
it is now per-
vate in the U. S. army. Today
missible to re-
he is a lieutenant .on a confiden-
1 a t e personal.
tial mission, according to a mes-
experience (and
sage to The Jewish News in
from his letter
which he conveys holiday greet-
he's had plenty)
ings to his many friends here.
during the Afri-
From an embarkation point in
can campaign.
the East, Lt. Levine writes:
"It seems fun-
"I am on a confidential mis-
ny now that
sion for the army as an officer
when I was in
in the Transportation Corps.
New York I
Last year at this time I was a
went down to
private eagerly looking forward
see the Nor- Capt. Stiglitz
mandie (French liner which to earning my commission.. You
escaped the Nazis) on her side. can find no prouder soldiers
Little did *I realize that the ship than I.
in the next way . was the one to
"It may even seem to be ironi-
take us to Freetown and thence cal that I should have such a
to Durban, South Africa, where unique mission over here. I have
we had two nights on shore."
spoken with Spanish Jews and
French Jews and soon maybe
Contacted Malaria
His • experiences in Africa be- German Jews."
gan at that point. After consum-
ing four steaks, he went on to
Suez, where he contacted ma-
laria and spent a couple months
in a British hospital. While a
patient he managed to visit Cairo
and other points.
A two-day pass to Palestine
climaxed his training. He vis-
ited Tel Aviv, a trip cut short Meyer, Samuel and Ruben
when he was called back for
' Get Rating in Different
operations.
Branches of Army
In October he was moved to
Alexandria, Egypt, close to the
front. He tells of the battle of
El Alemein. "The German lines
broke on schedule," he writes,
"and a few weeks later we set
up camp in Tobruk. The towns
enroute were shambles."
Steaks and Chickens •
After mentioning Christmas
and New_ Years, when "we had
steaks and chickens, but none
since," Stiglitz tells of a two
and a half hour air trip back to
Cairo, a trip which takes two S/Sgt. _Samuel S/Sgt. Meyer
and a half days by car.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gold of
."On the next move we ended 1502 Glynn Court have three
up south of Bengazi. The ad- sons in Uncle Sam's army, and
vance party to which I was while none is a commissioned
attached prepared for operations
.officers, the par-
, against the enemy at Agehelia
ents are quite
(where • one of the bitterest bat-
. proud of their
tles took place). The airplanes
-boys' achieve-
moved east, and this time the
ments.
planes made a pass at Crete.
Moving up
"The next time I remember is
stripe after
flying up to 1VIisurata to join the
stripe, the Gold
advanced patrol again."
'boys today are
Visited Tripoli
.iall staff ser-
He visited Tripoli a few days
,.:„..:geants. They
. after the Allies captured the
S/Sgt. Ruben are:
town. He tells of salty- water,
Meyer, a graduate accountant
dust storms and 60-mile round
trips for water during, a brief from Wayne University, who en-
stay in El Assa. "From there we tered the service in August 1941,
could hear the artillery fire on in the Balloon Barrage Batta-
the Mareth line. When the push lion temporarily quartered at
was made the shuttle air service Fort. Custer.
Ruben, former president of
was renewed. In two days my
the Junior Service Group and
men loaded 100 tons of bombs.
Capt. Stiglitz also tells of prominent in Jewish youth af-
Marshal Rommel's last import- fairs, who entered the army in
April 1942, is director of the air
ant stand at Medinnene.
A graduate of Central high corps clerical school at Salt Lake
•and of Temple Beth El high, City, Utah.
Samuel, who entered the serv-
where he also was confirmed, he
enlisted in the Air Corps in 1941. ice last September, is in the fi-
If you hear anything about the nance department at Fort Dix,
"Earthquakes" in action, you'll New Jersey.
know Capt. Stiglitz is busy
bombing the Axis. "Earth-
quakes" is the name of his outfit.

Lt. H. H. Levine
Sent by Army on
Special Mission

Gold Brothers
Hold Ranks of
Staff Sergeants

Jewish News Cartoonist
Has Son in the Service
Harry S. Bressler, nationally
known cartoonist whose editorial
cartoons appear regularly in
The Jewish News, has a son in
the service. He is Harry Bress-
ler Jr., 19, who is now com-
pleting his basic infantry train-
ing at Camp Roberts, Calif., as
a member of the 80th Battalion.
Another son, Edward, expects to
enter the medical reserves from
Cornell University when he's 18.

all fronts throughout the world.
Some of the stories were illus-
trated with photographs taken in

ried to Miss
Laura Wert-
heimer, daugh-
ter Of Mr. and
Mrs. David
Wertheimer of
Waverly Ave.,
in Reno, Nev •
He was trans- Lt. Zolkower
ferred shortly after the marriage
to Fresno, Calif., where the
newlyweds reside at 856 Dennet
Ave.
Lt. Zolkower has just been
promoted to First Lieutenant.
He is Personnel Control Officer
at Frensno Fair Grounds Base.

Local Brevities

SGT. EARL S. HORDES

England, North Africa, the
Southwest Pacific and Palestine.

Now we are in position to
publish news direct from Sicily,
with a photograph taken there.
At his desk, somewhere in
Sicily, in the Adjutant General's
Office of the Tenth Port of Em-
barkation, Sgt. Earl Simon
Hordes was photographed, as
shown here, on Sept. 27.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. 'Wil-
liam Hordes of 2308 Calvert
Ave., and husband of the former
Betty Porvin, to whom he was
married Jan. 30, 1941, Sgt.
Hordes has been in service since
Aug. 26, 1942. He was sent over-
seas in May, was in North Africa
before being sent to Sicily.
He is 25 and is a graduate of
Central High School and Wayne
University, where he was award-
ed his Master's degree in Eco-
nomics. He also studied in the
United Hebrew Schools and the
Farband Shule.
Sgt. Hordes has one sister,
Mrs. Edward (Evelyn) Wishnet-
sky, and a brother, Herbert. His
brother-in-law, Pvt. Wishnetsky,
is stationed in North Carolina.

Jewish Education Month
Being Observed in U. S.
• ---
NEW YORK (JPS) — Mark-

ing • the nation-wide observance
of Jewish Education Month,
which started Sept. 12, leaders
of the principal Jewish religious,
fraternal and educational agen-
cies of America have _joined in
issuing a call to Jewish parents
to give their children a Jewish
education.
Jewish Education Month,
which will culminate in Jewish
Education Week, will be de-
voted largely to intensive organ-
ization for enrolling a maxi-
mum number of boys and girls
in the religious schools.

- Detroit Music Guild, this city's
only Chamber Music Society,: an-
nounces its eighth successive
concert year. Five Wednesday
evenings at the Detroit InstitUte
Of Arts will make up the 1-943-
44- subscription season.. The - pres-
ident, Lawrence L. Teal, and
program chairman ; Henry Siegl,
have planned -the .Guild's series.
Subscription books are Obtain-
able froth Grinnel's, or from Mrs.
Jacob Weissman, 18269 Cherry-
lawn, UN. 1-8932.
* * *:
Miss Lauretta DeYoung an-
nounces the removal of her piano
studio to the Clairmount - Bldg.,
9124 Linwood Ave. She can be
reached for enrollments by call-
ing TY. 7-1610.
* * *
Ernespie Children's Aid is
starting the fall season with a
shower and card party next
Monday evening at the home of
Mrs. Brindze, 2732 Pasadena.
Admission fee is children's
clothes or dehydrated foods. The
ErneSpie Children's Aid sends
paraels of food and clothing .to
80 refugee children evacuated
from the various countries of
Etirope and stationed at an hostel
at Kirelidbrightshire, Scotland.
Anyone interested in donating
food, clothing or money can
bring their contribution to 2732
Pasadena or call TO. 6-6800.

Buy War Bonds!

A/C Harold Strom, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Isadore Strom, • 8427
Byron Ave., has just completed
his training at N.F.P.S., Dela-
ware, 0., and is awaiting trans-
fer to an advanced base. He is a
graduate of Central High School
and the United Hebrew Schools.
He was a member of Hashomer
Hatzair and Kibutz Aliyah
Daled. He met with former as-
sociates in the movement in Co-
lumbus during the Zionist con-
vention.
* *
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel, Liefer of
Richton Ave., have received
word from their son, Morris Jr.
Liefer, stationed in the Hawaiian
Islands, that he has been :pro-
moted to Captain. Capt. Liefer
enlisted two and a half years
ago and has been in Hawaii for
the last year and a half.
* * *
Lt. Gerald M. Schaflander
spent a three-day furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Schaflander of Burlingame Ave.
Lt. Schaflander just completed
a month's training at the Special
Service School at Washington
and Lee University and has re-
turned to his base, the Army Air
Corps Adm. Dept. at Miami
Beach, Fla., where he will be
joined by Mrs. Schaflander.

David Horodoker Jrs. a n -
nounce that their fifth annual
donor dinner will be held Dec. 1
at SChiff and Moss' Hall. Pro-
ceeds will be distributed among
charitable causes.

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