Detroiter Is Given Award
For Heroism in Normandy
Pfc. Theodore -.Spitz Given Silver Star for Gallantry in
Eliminating Nazi Outpost Near His Company;
Story of His Heroic Deed Told in Citation
The name of Pfc. Theodore R. Spitz has been added to the
list of Detroit heroes who are now fighting with the Ameri-
can forces in France.
Pfc. Spitz has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry
in action in Normandy. He discovered enemy outposts, and
proceeded in the face of danger to rout the hostile patrols.
The official citation for the
Silver Star, which was received
this week by his wife, reads as
follows:
"Theodore R. Spitz, 36585737,
Private First Class, Company A,
26th Infantry. For gallantry in
acticn in the vi-
cinity of Cau-
mont. Norman-
dy, 'France, 22
June, 1944. Dis-
covering that
enemy outposts
had been estab-
lished close to
his company,
P_r iv a t e Spitz,
on his own initi-
Pfc. Spitz
ative, proceeded
over treacherous and fire-swept
terrain and routed the hostile
patrols. His outstanding achieve-
ment won him the respect of his
comrades. Residence at enlist-
ment, Detroit, Michigan."
Pfc. Spitz, 26, is a native De-
troiter and is a graduate of
Establish Deutsch Fund
Will Be Used
For Research In
Leucaemia Work
In tribute to the memory of
Lt. (j.g.) Robert Stanley Deutsch,
the Robert S. Deutsch Fund for
Research in Leucaemia was es-
tablished here last week.
"MAW lilts - to this fund were
made by Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H.
Warren and Mr. and Mrs. George
Olds of Flint; Mr. and Mrs. Max
Osnos and Mr. and Mrs. William
Grahm of Detroit.
Lt. Deutsch died July 29 at the
age of 32 in the U. S. Naval Hos-
pital at Mare Island, Calif. He is
survived by his wife, the former
Diane Davidson; a son and a
daughter, James Anthony and
Nina Elizabeth; his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Deutsch; two
brothers, Lt. Alfred Deutsch and
Ensign Charles Deutsch.
Contributions to the Robert S.
Deutsch Fund for Research in
Leucaemia may be made through
the Jewish Welfare Federation,
51 W. Warren Ave., CO. 1600.
Pfc. Irving Cohen
Killed In Action
Southeastern High School. He
was married to the former Eve-
lyn Kahn, daughter of Mrs. Lena
Kahn of 17140 Hartwell Ave., in
July, 1941. They have a two-
year-old son, Martin. Spitz en-
tered the service in March, 1943,
and went overseas in November.
Pfc. Spitz is co-owner of the
Spitz Cut Rate Store on Gratiot
Ave. The business is now man-
aged by his brother, Sidney. A
third brother, also a co-owner of
Spitz Cut Rate, Pvt. Wilbur
Spitz, is now serving with the
American forces in Italy.
A /graduate of Southeastern
High School, Pvt. Spitz, 29, who
entered active service at the
same time as his brother, Theo-
dore, studied in a Southern col-
lege. He was married to the for-
mer , Marian Rubenstein, daugh-
ter 6f Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ru-
benstein, former Detroiters who
are now making their home in
California, in June, 1941.
`Got Jerries Licked',
Writes Cpl. Zerne
From Italian Front
"Don't worry, folks, we got the
Jerries licked and they know it,"
is the message Herbert J. Zeme
has sent to his
parents from
I t a 1 y, together
with information
that he was pro-
moted to cor-
poral.
Cpl. Zeme, son
of Mr. and Mrs.
Sol Zeme of
3281 Webb Ave.,
is in the
try. He has been
Zeme
overseas since October, 1943. He
was wounded at Cassino on Feb.
6 and was awarded the Purple
Heart. After being hospitalized
he was sent back to his unit at
the front and took part in the
break - through on the Anzio
beachhegd. His first overseas duty
was in North Africa.
Prior to entering the Army,
Cpl. Zeme was a student at
Wayne University. He is a grad-
uate of Highland Park High
School. At Wayne he was a mem-
ber of P1 Tau Sigma Fraternity.
His twin sister, Elyse, who was
graduated from the University
of Michigan last June, was as-
sistant ..student director of the
Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at
Ann Arbor.
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Small Food ParCels
Serve-A-Hospital Project
Started by Welfare Board
tion of warm-hearted women all
over the country. With the in-
vasion of Europe now in full
swing, it is our sad realization
that hospitals in this country are
going to be increasingly filled
Mrs. Samuel R. Glogower, one with wounded men who will need
of the national leaders of the even more than the expert med-
Women's Division of the Nation- ical care they get without stint.
al Jewish Welfare Board, this
"The maintenance of morale in
the armed services depends in
large measure on the extent to
which the man in uniform _feels
himself related to the civilian
community; he lives in a military
world but he wants to feel that
his ties are not severed • with the
life to which he will ultimately
return. Especially is thiS -true of
wounded men in hospitals, some-
times far from their friends and
families. Knowing that individ-
ual care and thought have gone
into the making of the puzzles,
slippers, solitaire pillow cases,
books, book marks, and other
items that he receives through
the Serve-a-Hospital program, is
important toward building of
morale, as JWB workers in hos-
pitals so far adopted, unanimous-
ly testify."
Further announcements regard-
MRS. SAMUEL R. GLOGOWER ing this project will be made soon
and additional information will
week announced that a* Serve-a- be available from the Detroit
Hospital project is being inaugu- Army and Navy Committee of
rated to serve wounded service- the Jewish Welfare Board, Whose
offices are located in the Jewish
men.
"This idea," Mrs. Glogower Community Center, Woodward
stated, "has stirred the imagina- and Holbrook.
Mrs. Glogower Announces
New Undertakings to
Serve Wounded
Two Gold Brothers May be Sent APOs
Serve in U.S. Army Without a Request
Postmaster Roscoe B. Huston
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Gold of advises of the rescinding at the
2640 Leslie Ave:\ have two sons request of the War Department of
in service—Pfc. Arthur L. Gold, the provisions for the acceptance
of small packages of foodstuffs
including candy up to eight,
ounces without request.
The arrangeMents under which
such small parcels were accepted
without the presentation of a re-
quest from the addressee was
established -in order to facilitate
the sending of small essential
articles, such as watches; eye-
glasses, fountain. pens, etc., and
later extended to other . articles.
Gold
Pfc. A. L. Gold Pvt.
Foodstuffs and candy in or-
who is now serving somewhere dinary parcels not exceeding five
in the Pacific, and Pvt. Jack pounds in weight, 15 inches in
length and 36 inches in com-
Gold, who is with the field ar- bined length and „girth may be
tillery at Fort Bliss, Texas.
continued to be accepted if re-
The Golds feel that the inter- quest from the addressee is pre-
. esting letters which they receive sented at the time the packages
are mailed. This also does not
from their sons give them an
modify the arrangements under
excellent idea of the fighting which Christmas and Hanukah
spirit of the men in the Army parcels may be sent without re-
both in this country and over- quest from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
The provisions for the accept-
seas.
Pfc. Gold, a graduate of Cen- ance of eight ounce parcels con-
tral High School, who studied taining essentials has been fur-
business administration for a ther modified to permit registra-
year and a half at Walsh Busi- tion thereof when the articles
ness University, is attached to are requeSted by the addressee.
the Medical Corps. He has been These must be sealed and sent
as ..first class mail.
overseas for 11 months.
Pvt. Gold is also a graduate
of Central High School.
.
Pfc. Irving Cohen, 19-,year-old
Marine, was killed in action Sgt. Silberstein Meets
somewhere in the South Pacific,
his mother, Mrs. Julia Blitz of His Uncle in France
3221 Gladstone, was informed by
Sgt. A. J. Silberstein, 25, son
the War Department.
of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Silberstein
A veteran of Guadalcanal and of 3242 Burlingame, recently
Tarawa, Pfc. Cohen enlisted in wrote his parents of meeting his
August, 1942. He v.- as sent over- uncle, Lt. Robert Silberstein, for
seas two months later.
the first time in a year, in France.
"Shortly after landing in
Before he entered the service,
Cohen was employed by Sam's France in the middle of June,"
Cut Rate. A graduate of North- Sgt. Silberstein wrote, "I found
ern High, he was the brother of a recent copy of a Detroit paper
Mrs. Alex Baker, 2501 Cortland. on a beach."
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Ricky, 'August 25, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Twenfy-four
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Pvt. Sid Tendler
Wounded in France,
Gets Purple Heart
Sgt. D. Tendler Pvt. M. Tendler
Pvt. Sidney Tendler, 26, was
wounded in action in the Cher-
bourg Peninsula, his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Max N.
Tendler of 2497
Highland A v e.,
and his wife,
Sylvia Osborne
Tendler of 2736
Burlingame Ave.,
w e r e informed
last week.
P v t: Tendler,
wounded in the
back, was award-
ed t h e Purple
Pvt. S. Tendler
Heart.
Before entering the service in
September, 1943, Pvt.. Tendler
was employed by the Fisher
Body Corp.
Pvt. and Mrs. Sidney Tendler
have a 16-month-old daughter,
Irene Lois. • •
Two of Pvt. Tendler's brothers
are also in the service: Sgt. David
M., 24, stationed with an anti-
aircraft group at Nuroc Field,
Pfc. Alex J. Etkin, 25-year-old Calif., and Pvt. Mitchell, 19, who
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Etkin is at Fort Lewis, Wash. Both are
of 15058 Wildemere Ave., was Central High School graduates.
wounded in action on the beach
of Normandy
during the first
week of the in-
vasion.
His parents re-
cently received
Cpl. Edward Biegel, 8462 Her-
the Purple Heart
man Gardens Mall, arrived home
which was
on his first furlough since his in-
awarded him.
duction. Cpl. Biegel, together
He is a grad-
with his wife Helen and two chil-
uate of Central
dren, Rochelle and Sandra, cele-
High School and
Pfc. Etkin -- brated their, wedding anniversary
attended Detroit
Institute of Technology. He was on Sunday, Aug .20.
a member of the Jewish Corn-
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.
munity Center, Temple Israel, Biegel, gave a dinner in his honor
and the Louis Marshall Lodge which was attended by the fol-
of Bnai Brith.
lowing guests: Mr. and Mrs. S.
Pfc. Etkin enlisted in the En- Lifton, parents of Mrs. Biegel;
gineers Corps in 1943 and was Miss Charlotte Biegel and Miss
Florence Lifton, sisters of Cpl.
sent overseas in January, 1944.
While in the hospital in Eng- and Mrs. Biegel respectivV, and
land he was visited several times Mr. and Mrs. Abe Zuk, aunt and
by his brother-in-law, Chaplain uncle of the couple.
Cpl. Biegel will return to camp
Sydney K. Mossman, who wrote
on Tuesday, Aug. 29.
that his injury was not serious.
Pfc. Alex J. Etkin
Wounded in Action
Cpl. Biegel Home
n First Furlough
ADDITIONAL SERVICEMEN'S NEWS ON PAGE 22
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How War Chest
Helps 'GI Joe',
Shown in Film
"Memo For Joe," a 10-minute
movie short being shown at the-
aters throughout the city, ex-
plains- how contributions to the
Detroit War Chest are spent.
Quentin Reynolds, war corre-.
spoil dent, . author ..augt...t.adio...Ifews
reporter, is the commentator and
makes one of his few appear-
ances on the screen.
In "Memo for Joe", Reynolds
tells the story he would like to
take back to "GI Joe" when he
returns to the front. He tells
fighting men how War Chest
dollars bring entertainment to
men on the front, to prisoners
of war, and to merchant sea-
men; how these same War Chest
dollars 'bring food, clothing, and
material necessities to needy
people around the globe and
how they bring health and rec-
reational services to people at
home.
Capt. Naimark Ends
Course at Staff
School in Kansas
Capt. Norman Naimark, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Naimark
of 2557 Richton Ave., recently
completed his course at the
Command and General Staff
School at Fort
Leave nworth,
'Kans.
C a p t. Naim-
ark is a gradu-
ate of North
High school and
Wayne Univer-
sity where he
received his B.
A. and M. A. de-
grees in govern-
ment adminis,
Capt. Naimark tration.
He entered the armed services
in November, 1941, and in Feb-
ruary, 1943, he was graduated
from the Adjutant General's
School and until recently he was
personnel enlistment <• officer at
Wright Field, Ohio.
United Hebrew Trades
Finances Liberty Ship
NEW YORK (JTA) — A goal
set by the United Hebrew Trades
to sell $2,000,000 worth of War
Bonds in one month to finance
the purchase of 4 a Liberty ship
has been oversubscribed by
$1,212,895, it was announced by
the Labor Section. of the War
Finance- Committee for New
York.