THE ;IEV,I1 S IA NEWS

Friday, May 26, 1944

Awarded DFC

Prhe-Winning Essay

Sgt. Board's 'Why I Fight'
Commended by War Dept.

Sgt.. Kenneth Board of 9765 brew Benevolent Society).
Martindale, son of Mr. and Mrs.
His brother-in-law, Pvt. Maur-
Samuel Board, took time out ice Shepherd, has been in active
.from active service somewhere service since Feb. 5, 1944, and
is stationed at Camp Kohler,
California, where he is assigned
to the Signal Corps. He was
treasurer of the Temple Israel
.Men's Club and was employed
in the Tract Index Division in
the County Building. Mrs. Shep-
herd, t h e former Elizabeth
Board, resides at 2533 Calvert.
T/Sgt. Charles Steinberg, war
hero who served in India for
two years, and returned home
Pvt. Shepherd
recently after being wounded in
Sgt. Board
action in a flight over Rangocin,
in North Africa to write a prize- is their cousin.
winning essay, on the subject
"Why I Fight," and the senti-
ments he expressed won high Dr.
commendations.
Sgt. Board who is serving
'with the Army Air Forces, was
Mrs. Louis E. Heideman of
one of 300 entrants in the con-
test conducted among troops in 2676 Monterey Ave. was inform-
the African war zone. The War ed last week that her husband;
Dr. * Heideman,
iDepartment has announced that
has been ad-
Pais work won honorable men-
vanced to the
`lion.
rank of Captain.
He was 21 when he came here
Capt. Heide-
Irom England 10 years ago. At
man,
son of Mr.
Ithe time of his entering active
and
Mrs.
Joseph
service, he was a purchasing
Heideman of
.agent for Winkelman's. Mrs.
2 3 0 5 Highland
Board is the former Leona Res-
Ave., is a grad-
nick. They were married five
uate of Northern
.years ago.
High School and
His Essay
t h e University.
Mrs. Board received a copy Capt. Heideman of Michigan Col-
of his prize-winning essay in lege of Medicine. After receiv-
which he wrote:
ing his medical degree in 1936,
"I am fighting for man's most he interned at the Jewish hos-
primitive instinct—self-preserva- pital, Cincinnati, the University
tion," wrote Sgt. Board. "I am of Michigan Hospital, Ann Arbor,
fighting because my way of life, and Children's Hospital, Detroit.
and my life itself, are threat-
In active service since July,
ened with extinction. I am fight- 1942, Capt. Heideman is now sta-
ing because everything I own in tioned somewhere in the Middle
this world I owe to the United East. He has been overseas since
States of America.
December, 1942.
When I landed in America
Mrs. Heideman is. the former
at the age of 21; I was a stow- Ethel Dante. They were married
away without a penny in my in November, 1938.
pocket. Eight years later I was
a citizen, with a grand wife; a Cpl. Fortgang Observes
comfortable home, a good job,
and a respected position in the Birthday in New Guinea
community. Twenty-one years in
Harold Fortgang, attached to
another land had not been able
General Hospital, will celebrate
to give me those things.
"There are four freedoms in his 20th birthday June 13, some-
my country," the essay contin- where in New Guinea. His moth-
ues, "freedom of speech .. . er, Mrs. Ann Fortgang of Glad-
freedom of worship . . . freedom stone Ave., has received word
from want . . . freedom from that Harold was recently pro-
fear . . . Hitler scorns God, yet moted to Corporal.
Harold was vice-president of
in all his bombastic ,vocabulary
he could find no better slogan the 1942 graduating class of
for his people than the words Northern High and was active in
of the Boo, 'Thou shalt have no athletics.
other gods before me.' He has
His brother, Cpl. Marvin Fort-
already destroyed our freedom gang, is attached to headquarters
from fear, and the other three somewhere in England and has
would vanish under the tramp- served overseas for more than a
ing feet of the Wehrmacht.
year. Marvin is a Northwestern
"We must fight him now be- High graduate.
cause there can be no peace in
the world while the Nazi phi- 11111111WIINIMIL.
losophy lives.
"Hitler has said, 'There are
DON'T
two worlds, theirs and mine, and
one must perish'," the essay con-
cludes. "Okay, Mr. Schickel-
gruber; I'm going to fight like
hell for mine."

Louis Heideman
Advanced to Captain

Brother-in-Law in Service

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Jewish National Fund Receives
Variety of Gifts from Detroiters

Lt. Robert Brasch Honored
for More Than 28 Missions
Hordes Announces Response to Calls to Honor Bar Mitz-
Over Enemy Territory
vahs and for Mother's Day; Dr. Joseph M. Berris
Lt. - Robert L. Brasch, former
Bequeafhes $J00; Urge Gifts for Confirmands

Detroit advertising man, has re-
ceived the Distinguished Flying
The Jewish National 'Fund has
Cross for more than 2 8 missions become established as the fund
that is being remembered on all
occasions by all elements in the
community, judging by numerous
gifts that have been received in
the past few weeks, William
Hordes, president of the Jewish
National Fund Council of Detroit,
reported this week.
Mr. Hordes - stated that the
news of the request made by
Harold H. Lax, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sigmond Lax of 3755 W.
Grand, urging that all gifts in. his
honor be in the form of contribu-
tions to the Jewish National
Fund, has brought a good re-
sponse and has aroused consid-
erable interest.
Another Bar Mitzvah, Law-
rence B. Mohr; son of Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Mohr, made a con-
tribution to the Wise Colony in
Palestine in honor of his confir-
mation.
LT. ROBERT L. BRASCH
In honor of the Bar Mitzvah
over German-held territory, ac- of Jacob Sharp, son of Mr. and
cording to word received this Mrs. Abraham Sharp of 11390
week from overseas by his wife, Broadstreet, Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Sonya, who resides at 3375 Ful- P. Miller of Oakman Blvd. and
lerton Ave. He is the son of Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Sharp inscribed
and Mrs. I. Brasch of Detroit the Bar Mitzvah's name in the
Golden Book.
and Miami, Fla.
On the occasion of their 25th
A bombardier, Lt. Brasch re-
ports that his plexi-glass "office" wedding anniversary which they
was shattered several times by celebrated last Sunday, Mr. and
enemy fire, but he suffered only Mrs. Philip Gorman of Pasadena
slight cuts and escaped serious Ave. made a generous contribu-
tion to the J. N. F. Mr. Hordes
injuries.
A graduate of Northern High was toastmaster at the party.
The appeal for the planting of
School, Lt. Brasch enlisted in
January, 1942. He has been over- trees on Mother's Day brought a
seas with the 8th Air Force since fine response. Among those who
last November. He was previ- planted trees was Pvt. L. Levine,
ously awarded the Air Medal
with four Oak Leaf Clusters.
His brother, T/Sgt. Jerome L.
Brasch, is now stationed at Do-
than, Alabama, with an anti-
tank unit.

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Lt. Hyman Cohen, Liberator
navigator, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jacob Cohen of 3236 Tuxedo, is
reported missing in action, hav-
ing been shot down - over Yugo-
slavia on his first mission.
Lt. Cohen, 25, has not been
heard from since April 13, when
47 American planes failed to re-
turn to their Italian bases. He
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GRADUATE . .
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NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Albert
Finkelstein, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. L. Finkelstein, 2243 Glad-
stone, has begun training as an
aviation cadet in the Army Air
Forces Training Command School
at Yale University-. His training
will prepare him for duties of a
technical officer in communica-
tions, and upon completion of
the course he will be commis-
sioned a second lieutenant.
After being commissioned he
will be placed in charge of a
crew of enlisted men specialists
at flying fields where he will
maintain the plane - to - ground
and plane-to-plane communica-
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son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Levine
of 2260 Calvert Ave., who is sta-
tioned at Camp Blanding, Fla.
Pvt. Levine planted five trees in
Palestine in his mother's honor.
Of interest also is the an-
nouncement made by Mr. Hordes
that Oscar D. Berris of St. Paul,
Minn., has sent in a check for
$100 to the J. N. F. Mr. Berris
was designated trustee of a fund
left in the will of his uncle, Dr.
Joseph M. Berris, and the J. N. F.
was included in this fund.
Honors for confirmands, con-
secrants and graduates by means
of gifts to the Jewish National
Fund are urged by the local J.
N. F. Council.

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