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Spending Summer

THE JEWISH• NEWS

in France!

Pvt. Genser Hopes to Visit
Berlin by New Year's Eve

Krauses Boast
13 Descendants
In Armed Forces

Detroiter Writes of Experiences in Invasion and Great
Destruction Wrought in Securing Hold; 'Glad Ifs
Over Here and Not in States,' He Says

13 Stars on Service Flag
List Grandchildren and
Great Grandchildren

Experiences of our men under
"I'll spend this summer va-
fire, during t h e invasion of cationing in France, but by New
France, are now incorporated in Year's Eve I'll be in Berlin or
homeward bound. . . .
People Very Friendly
"The weather in France is like
England's—very changeable. The
people are very friendly a n d
when we enter a village or town
they really greet us in a big
way, cheering and offering all
the Yanks bottles of cider.
"I saw a couple of towns a
few days ago that looked like it
would take years to rebuild
them. It wasa terrible sight. I'm
Pvt. Julius
Lt. Oscar
glad it's over here and not in
Genser
Genser
the States, although I suppose
many letters received by par- some people still don't realize
ents from their uniformed sons. that there is a war going on,
Mr. and Mrs. B. Genser of and a very destructive war, to
3286 Buena Vista Ave., who have say the least."
two sons overseas, this week re-
Pvt. Julius Genser, who thus
ceived a most interesting letter describes his experiences as one
from their son, Pvt. Julius Gen- of the men who was in France
ser.
on D-Day, is 21. He is a gradu-
Churchill Right
ate of Central High School and
Acknowledging receipt of 12 attended Wayne University for
letters in two days — many of a year. He also attended the
them delayed because of t h e United Hebrew Schools and was
new military campaign — Julius a counselor at Fresh Air Camp.
explains that his letters m a y He entered active service in the
also take longer to reach their infantry 18 months ago and has
destination, because—
been overseas since April.
Brother a Lieutenant
"I've been in combat and un-
His brother, First Lt. Oscar
der enemy fire, in other words,
I've been on the pitching end Genser, 24, has been overseas
and on the catching end. Believe for a year. A graduate of Central
me, Churchill was right when he High and Wayne University, he
said 4,000 ships and 10,000 planes has been in active service for
were in on the invasion. I've three years. He is a former
seen it. Our air cover and naval president of Gamma Kappa Chi
power is simply terrific, and our Fraternity. He rose from the
ranks to his present position. His
land armies can't be stopped."
"Have faith and don't worry," wife is the former Lillian Mel-
is the admonition of his letter len, a Detroit public school
to his parents, "because I'll be teacher. The two had met at
home some day and that day. I Fresh Air Camp where they
served as counselors.
am sure, is not very far off."
The two Genser brothers met
This letter was dated June 21.
But the same mail brought an- once in England and the parents
other letter, dated June 23, and entertain the hope that they will
be reunited again real soon.
in it he writes:

One of the outstanding service
records to the credit of a Detroit
family is revealed in the flag
displayed in the window of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Krause of 3249
Tuxedo Ave.
The 13 stars on this flag are
for their 13 grandchildren and
great-grandchildren in the serv-
ice of our country.
Born in Russia, Mr, and Mrs.
Krause, both 80 years old, have
been married 64 years. They
have been residents of Detroit
for 43 years and are very active.
Their grandchildren are proud
of the fact that Mrs. Krause con-
tinues to bake her own bread
for the Sabbath.
One of the grandchildren was
especially proud to point out
that there are 87 members in
the immediate family which in-
cludes 10 children, 25 grand-
children and 25 great-grand-
children.

Lt. Lewis Killed
In D-Day Landing
On French Coast

Detroiter was a Former
Director of Junior
Service Group'g

Jewish youth groups of Detroit
this week were stunned by the
report of the death of Lt. Leon-
ard L. Lewis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob B. Lewis of 20 Wor-
cester Place. Lt. 7
Lewis, who was
20 years old last
April, w a s
killed on D-
Day during
landing of as-
sault troops in
France.

Lt. Lewis, in
the Navy since
Dec. 18, 1941,
served in Chi-
cago for a brief ti
spell before
Lt. Lewis
being sent to Detroit to do Navy
publicity work until he w a s
commissioned in April, 1943,
when he was assigned to Balti-
more, Md., then going to t h e
Norfolk Navy Yard. From there
he was sent overseas.

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Dr. Louis L. Kazdan
Promoted to Captain

Dr. Louis L. Kazdan, a prac-
ticing physician in Detroit prior
to his enlistment in the Medical
Corps of the Army in October,
1942, has been advanced to the
rank of captain.
Capt. Kazdan is at present as-
signed to a Station Hospital in
Northern I r e-
1 a n d. He is the
chief of the
P a thologicali?.
L a boratory
there.
He is a grad-
uate of the
Wayne Univer-
sity College of
Medicine where
he received his
Doctor of Medi- Capt. Kazdan
cine degree and his Master of
Science degree in Pathology.
While stationed in the United
States at the Billings General
Hospital, he was appointed to
the University of Pennsylvania
for an advanced course in Clini-
cal Pathology for three months.
Since his arrival in Ireland, he
has taken a course in the special-
ized uses of the new drug,
Penicillin.
Mrs. Louis Kazdan, the for-
mer Alta Seligson, a teacher in
the Detroit school system, is re-
siding at 18601 Kentucky Ave,
Dr. Kazdan is the son of Mrs
Rose Kazdan.
* * *
CPL. WILLIAM G. SAMPSON,
who is home on a 15-day fur-
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Max Sampson, is ,a Radio
Gunner stationed at Barksdale
Field, La.

A past director of the Junior
Service Group of t h e Detroit
Welfare Federation, Lt. Lewis
worked on the Detroit News for
two years after receiving h i s
degree in 1938 at Michigan State
Normal College, Ypsilanti, fol-
loiOng a year's study at Wayne
University. In April, 1940, he
joined the Kalamazoo Gazette,
and in the fall he moved to the was married to the former Esther
Pontiac Daily Press. He left Berger.
Survivors are his wife and
Pontiac to enlist in the Navy a
their 11-month-o 1 d daughter,
year later.
Linda; his parents; a sister, Lil-
When 'he was engaged in Navy lian; five brothers, George K.,
publicity work, Lt. Lewis fre- a Navy Radioman third class,
quently contributed to The Jew- now in the South Pacific; Philip
ish News.
and Albert of Indianapolis and
In October, 1940, Lt. Lewis Henry and Warren of Detroit,

Friday, July 14, 1944

Pvt. Solomon Given
Purple Heart; Back
From Anzio Front

Detroit Cousins Meet in Italy

It was both a surprise and a thrill to Lt. (j.g.) Irving Gerson
(right), son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gerson of the Belcrest, De-
troit, when he walked into an officers' club in Italy and unex-
pectedly saw his cousin, Lt. Irving Kaufman (left), son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Kaufman of Hollywood, Fla., formerly of Detroit.
Neither cousin was aware that the other was in that theater of war.

Temple Beth El
Honor Roll Has
Five Gold Stars

Meyer Zolkower
Now a Captain

Charles Davis Killed at Biak,
Sgt. Jacobs Dies in Auto
Wounded in action at Anzio,
Crash in South Dakota

Pvt. Paul Solomon, 21, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Solomon of
2035 W. Euclid Ave., has been
shipped back to
this country and
is now here on
sick leave.
Awarded t h e
Purple Heart,
Pvt. Solomon
had taken part
in the military
campaigns in Af-
rica and Sicily
Born in De-
troit, Pvt. Solo- Pvt. Solomon
mon is a graduate of Cass Tech-
nical High School. He enlisted
in November, 1942, and was sent
overseas in April, 1943. He was
wounded last April.

S-Sgt. Weinberg
Tells of Dining
With Mme. Chiang

The feats of Gen. Moishe Co-
hen, a Canadian Jew who be-
caine famous as a leader in the
formation of the Chinese Re-
public, were recalled this week
when word was received that a
Detroit Jewish soldier, S/Sgt.
Jack Weinberg, dined in the
home of Madame and Gen. Chi-
ang Kai-Shek in China.
Sgt. Weinberg, in a letter to
his sisters, Sylvia and Ester, of
214 State, described the hospi-
tality of Madame Chiang, and
of the delicious Chinese food.
"Gosh, I was excited," he wrote.
"First Mme. Kai-Shek served us
tea and then lots of food. She
sat around and visited with us
and made me feel like I was
back in Detroit."
Sgt. Weinberg, whose residence
is at 3455 W. Chicago Blvd., has
been on duty with the Army
Air Forces the past 18 months.
Winner of the Presidential cita-
tion for an undisclosed act of
valor during combat he was se-
lected to represent his division
at a dinner in the home of
Madame Chiang.
A graduate of Northern high
school, Sgt. Weinberg has been
in service for two and one-half
years.

Pvt. Martin Gould
Wounded in France

Temple Beth El's war Honor
Roll now has five gold stars—two
more sons of the congregation's
members having died in active
service during the past month.
Sgt. Alfred L. Jacobs died in
an automobile accident . at Bel
Fourche, S. D., near his station
at Rapids City, S. D.,.on. June 25.
Pfc. Charles P. Davis was kill-
ed in action on June 14 in the
South Pacific.
Pfc. Charles P. Davis, 25, son
of Mrs. Rose
--ii: Davis of 18015
Ohio Ave., - hus-
band of the for-
mer Helaine
Abel of 3255
Cortland, w a s
killed on Biak
Island. In ser-
vice since Octo-
ber, 1941, he
had been over-
Pfc. C. P. Davisseas since March
1942. He is a graduate of Nor-
thern High School and Detroit
Institute of -Technology.
Three brothers also survive—
Cpl. Marshall Davis, now in Eng-
land; Raymond Davis and Ber-
nard Davis. Cpl. Marshall Davis
has been in active service for 19
months. Raymond Davis, a pilot,
was an Aviation Cadet for a
year until his recent honorable
discharge.
Last Saturday morning, during
the Sabbath services at Temple
Beth El, memorial prayers were
recited in tribute to Pfc. Davis
by Dr. B. Benedict Glazer.
Sgt. Jacobs was 25 on March
8. At the time of his death he
completed 27 months of active
service in the air corps. He is
survived by his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Jacobs of 931 Bea-
consfield, Grosse Pointe, and a
young brother, Richard. Funeral
services were held at Lewis Bros.
and burial was in Beth El Me-
morial Park, on June, 29.

•Cf.,

JWB Will Conduct
Religious Services at 4
Willow Run Air Base

Beginning with this Friday, the
Jewish Welfare Board will spon-
sor religious services at the Wil-
low Run Army Air Base, in their
new post chapel.
These services will be pattern-
ed after those now held at Sel-
fridge Field, and at the Romulus
Army Air Base, which will not
begin until Aug. 11.
Jay Kaufman, summer assist-
ant Rabbi of Temple Beth El,
will conduct the opening service.
An Oneg Shabbat social hour
will follow these religious serv-
ices. A limited number of USO

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Gould of
17577 Northlawn were 'notified
this week that their son, Pvt.
Martin H. Gould, was wounded
in action in France.
Pvt. Gould had written his
parents that he hit the beach on
his 22nd birthday on June 7. A
graduate of Central High School
and Wayne University, he has
been in service since November,
1943, and overseas since April, hostesses will be present.

CAPT. MEYER ZOLKOWER

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zolkower•
of 5224 W. Outer Drive were no-
tified this week that their son,
Meyer, was promoted to the
rank of Captain in the Army Sig-
nal Corps at Fresno, Cailf.
Capt. Zolkower studied in the
Delray public schools and major-
ed in law at Wayne University
while assisting his father for
eight years as manager of h i s
department store at 8442 W. Jef-
ferson. He enlisted in the Army
Air Corps in January, 1942, at
the same time with his younger
brother, William, who is a mem-
ber of the Military Police in
Monticello, Ark.
Capt. Zolkol,ver is married to
the former Laura Wertheimer of
Detroit. They reside in Fresno.
The two Zolkower servicemen
have one sister, Mrs. Rose Stern
of Detroit. -

Lt. Schreidell
Home After 27
Fortress Raids

The bombardier who served on
the first Flying Fortress to com-
plete 50 bombing missions over
Nazi-held Europe, Lt. Matthew
Schreidell, is visiting his parents
"::aM in Detroit until
July 16, when
he leaves for
Florida for re-
assignment.
Lt. Schreidell
recently re-
turned from
England where
he served for 13
months as a
member of t h e
Lt. Schreidell A A F, complet-
ing 27 missions over enemy ter-
ritory, of which 18 missions were
over Germany. He was a mem-
ber of the Fortress "Knockout
Dropper" at the time it was the
first giant bomber to turn in 50
bombing raids over Europe.
He is the holder of the Air
Medal with three oak leaf clus-
ters and the coveted Distin-
guished Flying Cross. A brother,
Lawrence, is a member of the

infantry somewhere in Italy.

