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Israel Aronovitz
Gives Life to Help
Capture Saipan

THE JEWISH NEWS

David H. Sachs
Named Sergeant
At Bomber Base

Single Handedly Blasts Pill-
A NINTH AIR FORCE BOMB-
box to Enable Troops
ER BASE—Promotion of Cpl.
to Get Ashore
David H. Sachs, former Detroit

Mr. and Mrs. William Arono-
vitz of 2292 Clairmount were in-
formed recently by the War De-
partment of the death of their
son, Pfc. Israel-
Aronovitz, 23,
who was wound-
ed while storm-
ing Jap positions
at Saipan, this
month.
After servin
In the Atoll and
Gilbert Island
campaigns, P f c.
Aronovitz moved
with the 2nd Pfc. Aronovitz
Marine Division attacking Ta-
rawa in November, 1943. It was
On a Tarawa beach that Arono-
vitz displayed courage and forti-
tude that won for him the admi-
ration of every man in his unit.
In the initial thrust, U. S. Forces
were prevented from making a
landing by a stubborn Jap pill-
box which raked the American
barges with deadly fire, taking
many casualties.
Aronovitz leaped into the
water and waded ashore with a
pack-mortar on his back. He as-
sembled it under sniper fire and
single-handedly destroyed the
pillbox.
For this "gallantry in action"
he was given a citation from Ad-
miral Chester W. Nimitz which
expressly stated that it was "im-
possible to land barges ashore
until his (Aronovitz's) mission
was carried out." He subsequent-
ly was awarded the Silver Star.
Previous to his enlistment in
/942, Aronovitz was a produce
manager at Packer's Outlet and
later was employed by the Bohn
Aluminum Co. He served over-
seas for more than a year.
Besides his parents, Aronovitz
is survived by three brothers, Al-
bert, Harry and Morris, who is a
member of a USAAF ground
crew in France; and four sisters,
Mrs. Fred Kohen, Mrs. Morris
Brotsky„ Marian and Dorothy.

Rules Relating
To Shipment of
Hanukah Parcels

Postmaster Roscoe B. Huston
announces that gift parcels to
Jewish members of our armed
forces overseas for Hanukah
should be mailed during the
same period, from Sept. 15 to
Oct. 15, and under the same con-
ditions as "apply to Christmas
parcels to other armed forces.
Parcels must not be more than
five pounds in weight, 15 inches
in length or 36 inches in com-
bined length and girth.
Such gift parcels which may
be mailed without request there-
fore should be conspicuously en-
dorsed "For Jewish Holiday."
Hanukah starts this year on
Sunday night, Dec. 10.

Pfc. Schwartz Suffers
Leg Wounds in Italy
Mrs. Bella Korin of 3741 Col-
lingwood was informed this week
that her son, Pfc. George
Schwartz, a medical corpsman,
was wounded in action in Italy.
Schwartz, who is 26, suffered - leg
wounds on May 21.

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athletic coach, to the rank of
sergeant upon recommendation
of his squadron
commander, Lt.-
Col. William E.
Hale, of Ash-
land, Ky., has
been announced
here.
Sgt. Sachs is
assistant to the
Special Service
Officer of the
Ninth Air Force
Sgt. Sachs
Silver Streak's
Marauder group. He arranges
athletic programs and supervises
recreation and entertainment for
the men.
A graduate of Central High
School, Sachs is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Abraham Sachs, 3329
Leslie Ave. He was basketball
and baseball coach at St. Joseph
Commercial College, Detroit, for
11 years.
From 1940 until the time he
enlisted at Fort Custer, in Oct-
ober, 1942, he was employed by
the Ford Motor Co. as a follow-
up material man on the Sperry
Director and the M-4 tank.

Lt. Ted Margolas
Home, Describes 2
Of Thirty Missions

Recalls Falling 2,000 Feet
Over England Before
Chute Opened

First Lt. Ted Margolas, 19, son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. Margolas of
3742 Glynn, is visiting his par-
ents this week
after returning
from England.
Attached t o
the Eighth Air
Force in Eng-
land, Bombar-
d i e r Margolas
served overseas
for six months,
and is a veteran
of 30 missions
over the contin- Lt. Margolas
ent. He was awarded the Dis-
tinguished Flying Cross and the
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
Clusters. Lt. Margolas also is
holder of a Presidential Citation
awarded his entire unit.
Margolas recalls two except-
ionally vivid occurrences:
Once, when he was forced to
bail out over England, his chute
refused to • open. Margolas fell
2,000 feet before managing to rip
it open with his hands.
Another time, Margolas' squad-
ron was attacked by 40 German
planes. Blasting their way out,
the squadron roared homeward
across the channel. Two engines
of his bomber were knocked out,
and, as the plane neared Eng-
land, a fire broke out in the
radio room. However, because
of the pilot's skillful crash land-
ing, the crew escaped injury.
Before he enlisted in 1942,
Margolas was employed by the
Fisher Body Corp. He was grad-
uated from Northern High.
* * *
ALBERT SCHULMAN, S2/C,
is serving with the amphibious
force at Camp Bradford, Va. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Schulman of 2925 Glen-
dale Ave.

Friday,

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JDC Aids Yemenite Jews

Relief, Medical and Immigration Aid Given
Jews From Yemen Who Are Stranded in Aden

- e ditor's Note: One of the most tragic chapters of
20th century Jewish history relates to the unhappy
position of the persecut&I Jews in the Arabic country
of Yemen. The Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, with
funds received through the United Jewish Appeal for
Refugees, Overseas Needs and Palestine, through the
War Chest of Metropolitan Detroit, has come to the
assistance of the Yemenite Jews now stranded in Aden.
Thousands of Yemenite Jews have thus been helped to
settle in Palestine. This report is from the current
issue of the JDC Digest.

Not all JDC activities stem from Axis-inspired
tragedy. One dramatic program of aid now car-
ried on by the JDC for Jews from Yemen dem-
onstrates how the JDC helps in any emergency
which may overtake Jews anywhere in t h e
world. The progress of the Yemenites from their
homes in Yemen, a small sun-baked strip at the
southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, to Pales-
tine, a journey not long when measured in miles,
has been slow and difficult, beset with illness
and virtual starvation.
The life of the Jews in Yemen has always
been • one of misery and deprivation and since
the first World War, their lot has become almost
unbearable. Discriminatory laws were passed
limiting their employment. They were forbidden
to do any agricultural work. Although famed
as silversmiths, they were not allowed to buy
metal. Transactions involving money were for-
bidden to them. It was illegal to ride camels
and donkeys, the common mode of transporta-
tion in Yemen. Jewish testimony was • not ad-
missible in the courts; they were looked upon
as devils whose very touch is contagious.
Maintain Their Jewish Culture
Even in the face of such hardships they have
maintained their Jewish culture. Because of
famine and epidemics hundreds of Jews died.
Since according to Moslem law, Jewish orphans
under the age of 13 must become Moslems, Jew-
ish families became parents overnight of 2 and 3
children orphaned by the epidemic. An intensely
religious group, they maintained their religious
schools for all children between the ages of 4
and 12 in spite of the additional economic burden
involved. As a result, in a land where ninety-
five per cent of the population is illerate, not
one Yemenite Jew is unable to read and write.
Yemenite law strictly forbids Jews to leave
the country and the penalty for attempted es-
cape is death. Armed with the knowledge, how-
ever, that very little could be worse than the
conditions under which they were forced to exist,
large numbers of Yemenites have in recent years
managed to cross the border into Aden, a British
Crown Colony, as the first step in their journey
to Palestine. Many traveled by foot; the more
fortunate rode donkeys which they sold at the
border. Like their co-religionists who fled from
occupied Europe into Spain, Switzerland; a n d
Sweden, they came to this new land penniless
and with few possessions.
Serious Relief Problem Arose
On arriving_ in Aden their troubles seemed
only to multiply. They found themselves subject
to long delays. In addition to the difficulty of
securing Palestine certificates from the Jewish
Agency, they had to wait because of the shortage

of shipping space from Aden to the Holy Land.
As a result, a serious relief problem arose.
The Jews of Aden to whom they naturally
turned for help were in straitened circumstances
themselves. These Orthodox Jews, numbering
only about 4,000, live for the most part in a
self-imposed neighborhood of four streets. They
are engaged in commerce and trade or are em-
ployed in offices. An unskilled worker earns' only
between 30 and 40 cents a day, a skilled worker
60 cents, artisans $1.00 to $1.50; job assistants
and office workers 20 to 35 cents a day. A man
earning $60 a month is considered a member
of the upper middle class. Before the war a
family of five could live well according to East-
ern standards on $10 a month.
A central group manages the religious and
charitable affairs of the community, such as
providing food for the Jewish ward of 15 beds
in the government hospital. Its budget of less
than $200 is covered by schechita, marriage and
divorce fees and income from a trust fund set
up by a wealthy family. Although they con-
tributed about $15,000 in cash and in kind to
the 2,300 Yemenites who arrived in Aden in
1943, this was insufficient and the Yemenites
were forced to beg in order to live.
The Government's Ultimatum
Many Yemenites were forced to find shelter
in cellars, warehouses and tents. The government
of Aden which had in the main been sympa-
thetic to the refugees, issued a stern warning
that unless conditions among the Yemenites were
improved, drastic steps would have to be taken
and the border would be barred to further im-
migration.
Urgent cables requesting aid reached the
JDC's Lisbon office. In reply the first JDC ap-
propriation to help solve the problem was made
in March, 1943, when JDC allotted $25,000 to
enable 600 Yemenites to reach Palestine. This
grant was matched by the Jewish Agency and
by relatives of the immigrants.
In August JDC granted $30,000 for the trans-
portation of an additional 1,000 to Palestine. as
well as $3,400 for two months' relief in Aden.
Later an additional $8,000 was granted.
In December, the JDC dispatched a repre-
sentative, Harry Viteles, from Palestine to sur-
vey conditions in Aden and to effect an improve-
ment.
As the first step Mr. Viteles early this year
secured a large ivory warehouse for their shelter.
Shortly after, however, a severe typhus epidemic
broke out necessitating quarantine for 1,300 of
the refugees.
Now the government of Aden insisted that
immigrants would no longer be allowed to enter
Aden.
The JDC dispatched Dr. Israel Kligler, well-
known public health authority of the Hebrew
University, and three nurses to Aden. Dr. Kligler
arranged for, the transfer of the refugees to a
sanitary camp. The epidernic.,:w.as halted.
Today the JDC is supplying • $10,000 monthly
for relief and has authorized the expenditure
of $40,000 to cover one-half of the transportation
costs of 1,600 refugees to Palestine.

Lt. Edelstein Cited
Lt. Handler Views
For Brave Command Camp Life Future
In Postwar Era
Arthur Edelstein, son of the

Max Edelsteins of 1530 Lee Place
has been advanced from Ensign Says Scientific Advance-
to Lieutenant junior grade, in
ments Made by War to
the U. S. Navy.
Improve Our Health
Lt. (j.g.) Edelstein has been
awarded the Bronze Star Medal
by Vice Admiral T. C. Kincaid,
Scientific advancements made
USN, commander of the Seventh by the war are certain to im-
Fleet, being cited for distinction
in the battle off Aramer, New prove our outlook on physical
,„. c u 1 ture aspects
Britain. The tank landing craft
a n d to assure
under Edelstein's command shot
;:better health for
down 11 Japanese planes and
our people, First
probably destroyed six more.
Lt. Lou Handler,
who w a s here
Cpl. Segall Returns
last week on a
From the Aleutians
five - day f u s-
Cpl. Mart Se-
lough, stated.
gall, brother of
Lt. Handler
Mr. and Mrs.
c o m rnented on
Harold J. Baskin,
the future of
has returned to
Lt. Handler camp life when
his home on a asked, during his Detroit visit,
22-day furlough. regarding the future status of
Cpl. Segall has Camp Tamakwa, in Algonquin
spent 28 months Park, which he organized and
in the Aleautian directed.
Islands.
At present battery executive
After his fur-
lough, he will officer at Camp Stewart, Georgia,
report for duty Lt. Handler revealed that Camp
Tamakwa is well taken care of
Cpl. Segall in Miami, Fla.
and that plans are always being
evolved to improve the grounds
and to reopen it as soon as the
war ends.
Lt. Handler praised the Cana-
Major Paul D. Bromberg has dian authorities for the manner
been placed on inactive duty, af- in which they assured good care
ter 22 months of service with the for the Tamakwa grounds.
U. S. Army, and he has returned
to the practice of accountancy Daniel Katz Leaves
with officers in the Fox Bldg., it
for Service in Army
was announced this week.
Starting as a civilian with the
Daniel Katz, son of Mr. and
War Department on Sept. 10,
1942, as a technical consultant, Mrs. Louis Katz of 18041 Griggs
he was commissioned a Major on Ave., left Tuesday for the Army.
Sept. 23. He was placed on in-
Eighteen years old on March
active duty on July 11.
A graduate of the University 27, Daniel was graduated from
of Michigan, class of 1925, Major Central High last January. In
Bromberg practiced accountancy his final semester, he was editor
since that time.
of the school paper and, was one

Major Bromberg.
Reopens Offices

Cpl. H. V. Kasoff
Wounded 2nd Time

Mr. and Mrs. Pauline Kasoff of
2334 Waverly Ave. were inform-
ed recently by the War Depart-
ment that their son, Cpl. Herman
V. Kasoff, 19, was wounded in
action in Italy, for the second
time.

Cpl. Kasoff is a veteran of the
Italian campaign, and first suf-
fered wounds on Nov. 28, 1943.
At that time he was awarded the
Purple Heart, and was hospital-
ized in Africa.

Serving with the 1st Special
Service Force, Kasoff has been
overseas more than a year. He
was a student at Central High
School at the time of his induc-
tion.

Pfc. Julius Rachmiel
With Ground Crew

At 19, Pfc. Julius Morton Bach-
miel,, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
of
2009 Calvert
Ave., is making
use of his civil-
ian experiences
to give his best
to the service of
his country.
Stationed in
Columbia, N. C.,
as First Mechan-
ic with the
Pfc. Rachmiel Ground C r e W,
he has just completed his first
year of active service. He is a
graduate of Central High School
and is a former president of one
of the Detroit AZA Chapters.

of the first members on the
committee which formulated the
plans for the school's teen-age
night club, served as publicity
director for the Club LaSalle.
After graduation, Daniel at-
tended Wayne U., and completed
one semester.