Friday, March 3, 1944

THE- JEWISH NEWS

Jews in . Uniform

2nd Lt. Iskowitz
Is Home on Leave

Visit Their Mother

S. W. Platt 4th
Plotnisky Son
To Be Inducted

Samuel W. Platt is the fourth
son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Plot-
nisky, of 2280 Monterey Ave., to
After eight months of service
be inducted into the armed forc-
overseas during which he com-
ces.
pleted 50 combat missions over
One brother, Cpl. Harold Plot-
Italy, Germany, Yugoslavia, Bul-
nisky, is in Sicily. He has visited
garia and France, 2nd Lt. Sam-
S 2/c Subar
Pvt. Subar
Palestine several times and has
uel Iskowitz, 22
years o 1 d, is
Seaman Second Class Philip sent back souvenirs and photo-
home on leave.
Subar and Pvt. David Subar, sons graphs from Eretz Israel.
R e c ipient of
Another brother, Pfc. Burton
of Mrs. Julius Subar of 2009 Ha-
the Air Medal
zelwood Ave., were home on fur- Plotnisky, is also serving over-
and six Oak
lough last week. S2/C Subar is seas. A third brother, Pvt. Elliott
Leaf Clusters
assigned to the Seabees and is Platt, is stationed at Camp Wal-
Lt. Iskowitz is
stationed at Camp Perry, _Vir- ters, Tex.
in this country
The brothers were all active in
ginia. He is a graduate of Cen-
waiting for re-
tral High School and was a mem- orthodox circles here and were
assignment t o
ber of AZA Chapter 337. Pvt. Su- affiliated with Young Israel.
new duties.
bar, a graduate of Cass Tech-
The new inductee, whose wife,
A graduate of
nical High School, is stationed Belle, and the.i.r child reside at
Central High Lt. Iskowitz
with the Meteorology Depart- 2745 Cortland, is a member of
School, he attended Wayne Uni- ment of the Air Corps at Brown
the board of Yeshivath Beth Ye-
versity. He enlisted in February, University, Providence, R. I.
hudah and of Young Israel.
1942 and was graduated from
* * *
Hondo Navigation School in
Ensign Emil Lawton, son of
Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. I. A. Lawton of
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
2730 Burlingame Ave., was com-
Frank Iskowitz of 2496 Pasade-
missioned on
na. Ave. He was married to the
Feb. 24 at Co-
former Leah Baschin on March
lumbia Univer-
21, 1942.
sity, New York.
His mother at-
CINCINNATI. — The creation
Yank Soldiers Worry
tended the grad-
of a -pension plan for rabbis,
uation
exercises
Over Anti-Semitism,
representing the fruition of an
and he returned
Dr. Brickner Reports
ideal made possible in part by
home with her
the generosity of the late Jacob
for a few days'
H. Schliff, was announced by
NEW YORK (JPS) — Dr. leave. He was
Jacob Aronson, chairman of the
Barnett Brickner, administra- an honor stu-
Rabbinical Pension Board.
tion chairman of the Committee dent for three
on Army and Navy Religious years at Wayne
In 1917, Mr. Schiff gave
Ensign Lawton
Activities of the National Jew-
$100,000 to start a pension fund
University.
He
spent
a
semester
ish Welfare Board, just returned
for rabbis. That part of this
from a tour of t h e fighting at Central State Normal at Mt. princely gift p 1 u s additional
fronts, -reports that soldiers in Pleasant, Mich., and another se- funds, approximately $100,000,
the U. S. Forces everywhere mester at Columbia, and received apportioned to the Reform Rab-
are disturbed by reports of his Master's degree in chemistry. binate will be used by the
* * *
anti-Semitism at home.
Union of American Hebrew

UAHC CCAR
Set Up Pension
Plan for Rabbis

Ontario to Ban -
Anti- Semitism

MONTREAL (JPS) — T h e
Government of Ontario intends
to enact laws to outlaw anti-
Semitism, it was declared by
Lt. Gov. Albert Matthews in
an address to the Legislature.
It is expected that these laws
will provide against employ-
ment discrimination, will pro-
hibit restrictions on s a le of
property to Jews and will ban
the "no Jews" and "restricted"
notices in public places, hotels
and newspaper advertisements.
Samuel J. Zacks of Toronto,
head of the Subcommittee on
Legislation of the Joint Public
Relations Committee of the Ca-
nadian Jewish Congress and the
Bnai Brith, said at a meeting
here that the proposed legisla-
tion successfully culminates
year's intensive work of h i $
committee.

Nathan Gesang Dies;
Researcher in Judaica
BUENOS AIRES, (Palcor) —
Nathan Gesang, president of the
Zionist Federation of Argentina,
died here of a brain hemorrhage
at the age of 63. He was a jour-
nalist, a researcher in Judaica,
and was active in the World Jew-
ish Congress. In 1941 he was a
delegate to the Inter-American
Jewish Conference in Baltimore
held under auspices of the
American and World • Jewish
Congresses.

Buy War Bonds!

"Lord Mayor of

Nadzab"

Lt. Wally Hoffriehter, Noted
Swimmer, Gains Fame in War

Two Brothers Are Overseas;
Swimming Coach Mentioned in Clapper's Dispatch Two
All Were Active Here
Days Before Columnist's Death; His Brother,
in Orthodox Circles
Seaman First Class Marvin L., Also Overseas

Completed 50 Combat
Missions Over Europe;
Gets 7 Awards

The situation on the domestic
front is in strong contrast, Dr.
Brickner said, to the waning of
racial antagonisms among the
soldiers who have learned that
their differences are infinitesi-
mal as compared to what they
have in common.
He praised the morale of the
United States soldiers and spoke
of the high praise for Palestine
voiced by those who have spent
their leaves in the Jewish Na-
tional Homeland.
He also reported that of the
219 Jewish chaplains in t h e
Armed Services, 75 are n o w
overseas.

Page Thirteen

Pvt. Julius: Friedman of 4211
Clements Ave. was reported to
be the first fa-
ther drafted
from the entire
chain of Sears,
Roebuck & Co.
stores in De-
troit when he
left for service
six months ago.
He is stationed
with the infan-
try at Camp
Pvt. Friedman Blanding, F 1 a.
A graduate of Northern High,
Pvt. Friedman was a member
of Pisgah. Lodge and main-
tained a top average in t h e
Congo Bowling League. He is
30 years old and is married to
the f or m e r Kay Asatinsky.
Their d a u g h t e r, Shaaron, is
three years old.
* * *
Alexander Wolk of 17380 Santa
Rosa was promoted on Feb. 18
from Coporal to the rank of Ser-
geant, on recommendation of his
battery officer. Sgt. Wolk is at
present stationed at Camp San
Luis Obispo, Calif., where he is
Personnel Sergeant of the Bat-
talion. A graduate of Northwes-
tern High School, he has been
in service since June 5, 1942.
* * *
Pvt. Leo Papp of 2655 Calvert
Ave. has been awarded the Good
Conduct Medal. He is serving
with the U. S. Army at the Uni-
versity of Michigan.

Ship 10 Ambulances
To Palestine Shortly

New York (JPS)—Ten ambu-
lances will be shipped to Pales-
tine shortly by the American
wing of the Red Mogen Dovid,
Palestine First Aid Agency, it
was announced here. They will
be dedicated at an annual din-
ner of the society. One of the
ambulances has been donated
by the Bnai Brith Defenders
Lodge No. 1341.

Congregations and the Central
Conference of American Rabbis
for rabbinical pensions. T h e
Central Conference has a sep-
arate fund of $150,000 which
also will be used.
All Risks Insured
The plan follows the pattern
long employed by American re-
ligious bodies except that in
this case all risks will be in-
sured in a legal reserve life
insurance company. The North-
western Mutual has been desig-
nated.
Under the program, the em-
ploying congregation, the rabbi,
the UAHC and the CCAR will
join in paying the premiums.
Each congregation is to pay 7
per cent of the rabbi's salary.
The rabbi is to pay 3 per cent
of his salary and the UAHC
and CCAR will pay amounts
graduated according to the ages
of the rabbis at the time they
enroll in the plan.
The UAHC a n d the CCAR
will each also pay $5,000 a
year to enlarge t h e existing
available pension funds which
now approximate $200,000. The
contributions towards t h. e an-
nual premiums from these pen-
sion funds are intended to make
up for the difference in ages
of all those who enter at the
outset.
Total Contributions
While the pension is the re-
sult of the total contributions
made from date of entry to age
of retirement, the congregations
employing older men are priv-
ileged to enter their rabbis at
a salary level above $3,000 if
agreed' upon by rabbi and con-
gregation. The pension can thus
be set at any reasonable figure
desired.
The Rabbinical Pension Board
of the CCAR and the UAHC
will secure a policy combining
life insurance and annuity for
those that are uninsurable or
above 60.
Melville S. Welt of Detroit is
a member of t h e Rabbinical
Pension Board.

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Mr. and Mrs. David Hoffrichter
of 3201 Gladstone Ave. are migh-
ty proud of their two sons, both
of whom are distinguishing
themselves in service.
First Lt. Wally B. Hoffrichter,
who was 27 on Jan. 27, one of
the country's best swimmers, is
now overseas and he came in for
national fame when the late
Raymond Clapper mentioned him
in his column which was pub-
lished two days before the emi-

Sl/c Hoffrichter Lt. Hoffrichter

nent columnist's tragic death.
Mr. Clapper, describing his ex-
periences in New Guinea, under
date of Jan. 25, wrote:
"Our forces were developing
an area of 200 square miles. Each
outfit was assigned a piece of
jungle and swamp and told to
cut its way in and build quar-
ters.
"Lord Mayor of Nadzab"
"The first outfit in was led by
Lt. Wally Hoffrichter, 26 years
old, who drove me around. He is
a former swimming coach at the
Dallas Athletic Club and a wide-
ly known swimmer. His first
home here was a native-built
grass shack, 10 feet by 10. Three
men bunked and made their of-
fices there. They were bombed
the first night and stayed up the
rest of the night digging foxholes.
"Wally is known as the 'Lord
Mayor of Nadzab.' His jeep is
marked 'Lord Mayor'."
Directs Plane Traffic
Lt. Hoffrichter was graduated
from Northwestern High School
in 1935 and did post-graduate
work at Woodstock, Va. He was
a crack swimmer at the Univer-
sity of Texas and became swim-
ming coach at the Dallas Athletic
Club; was married and made
Dallas his home. He enlisted in
May, 1942, and has been over
seas since Feb. 17, 1943.

A short time ago, the Associa-
ted Press reported that Lt. Hoff-
richter sits on a bench in front
of a grass shack that is the op-
erations office at the Nadzab,
New Guinea, air strip, and di-
rects as much plane traffic as
any dispatcher in the business.
This holder of many swimming
honors knows where every plane
is from and where it is going.
Was Nearly Killed
His prized possessions are two
pieces of Jap shrapnel which
nearly killed him.
His latest task is directing a
shuttle service operated by three
Piper Cubs.
Generals and privates come to
him for rides up and down the
Markham Valley. They all call
him Lord Mayor of Nadzab, and
his standard mayoral garb is a
pair of coveralls with his pilot's
wings pinned inside the breast
pocket.
The former crack swimmer
now has trouble finding enough
water for a bath, but he is gain-
ing fame in new fields of activi-
ty, and his major sport now is
the fight for freedom.
His Brother a Seaman
His brother, Marvin L. Hoff-
richter, is a Seaman First Class.
He will be 20 on May 5.
Enlisting in the Navy on June
30, 1941, he has been overseas for
two years, since March 1, 1942.
Their mother has established a
high record as a Red Cross wor-
ker.
Last week, Red Cross head-
quarters informed Mrs. Hoff-
richter that she has the following
record in the knitting depart-
ment for 1943: 83 pairs of socks,
22 sleeveless sweaters for sol-
diers and nurses, eight mufflers,
seven pairs of -seaboots, 26 wrist-
lets, 12 helmets and one shoul-
derette. She put in a total of 2,-
433 hours on 159 articles.
Mrs. Hoffrichter also put in
1,146 hours making blankets for
the Jewish War Veterans' Post
No. 135.

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