Friday, October 20, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Twenfy
Kasrners All Out for Victory,
Holland Invasion
Sons, Daughter Overseas;
On Holydays
ughter
Also
Nurse
Second Da-
Thrills Lt. Ross
Rescued in Yugoslavia
Detroit B-24 Navigator
Has Praise for Partisians
His plane badly shot-up while on a mission over Germany, 2nd
Fourth Kasmer Honorably Discharged After Eight Months
Lt. Louis Woll praises the Yugoslav Partisans who hid and cared
Writes of Feeling for Fellow for him when his Liberator bomber was forced down in Yugoslavia.
in Service; Parents Active in All War
The plane, which could not
Jews Slaughtered Without
Efforts at Home
reach the Italian base because it
'ENCHANTED ISLE'
Chance to Fight Back
was so badly damaged, landed
With a son and a daughter
overseas, another daughter serv-
ing as a Cadet Nurse and an-
. other son just discharged from
Lt. Kasmer C/N Kasmer
Pvt. Kasther
H. Kasmer
'active service, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
. Kasmer of 3253 W. Grand Ave.
humbly participate in all home
. efforts to help win the war.
"Ours is a 100 per cent job to
defeat Hitlerism—with our chil-
dren in the thick of battle over-
Capt. H. H. Block,
Injured at Anzio,
Is Here on Leave
Shell Demolished Hospital
While He Was Operating
on Beachhead Feb. 10
Capt. Harry H. Block of the
U. S. Army Medical Corps, who
has been in the thick of the Ital-
ian campaign, serving overseas
for 13 months, is home on a visit
_ with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph A. Block of 4298 Fuller-
ton Ave., coming
here from New . '
York to spend
his 30-day leave
with his wife,
Lillyan, and
children, B a r -
• tiara, 7, and
Allan, 4.
From the day
. of the invasion,
Capt. Block was
set up with his Capt. Block
• hospital unit on the Anzio Beach-
head.
On Feb. 10, while operating in
- the hospital tent, a HE shell de-
- molished the hospital and caused
a fracture of his ankle, severe
. leg injuries and dislocation of
the cervical spine. There were
many other casualties.
Capt. Block was awarded the
. Purple Heart by his Corps Com-
mander. He was given home
leave after spending four months
in a hospital in Naples.
The service • flag at the Joseph
A. Block home has four stars on
it. In addition to the eldest son,
Harry, a physician, the youngest
son, Louis, a Doctor of Public
Health, is a Lieutenant, senior
grade, in the Navy; a son-in-law,
Estil Tessmer, is also a Lieuten-
. ant, senior grade, in the Navy,
and a son-in-law, Herman Gins-
burg, is in the Army.
Mr. Block is president - of the
Bnai David Synagogue.
.
Palestinians in Search
For Mystery Chutists
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The po-
lice this week asked the popula-
tion of Palestine to be on the
look out for one or more para-
chutists "of unknown national-
ity' . who are believed to have
-been dropped over the Jordan
Valley in the past few days.
Other Servicemen's News on
Pages 14, 17, 18
seas and those of us who are
fortunate to be in this great land
of liberty devoting all energies to
help our government carry on
a winning war," Mrs. Kasmer
states.
Lt. Fanny B. Kasmer of the
Army Nursing Corps, is now ser-
ving overseas with the 166th
General Hospital.
Pvt. Edward Kasmer, in active
service for two years, has been
overseas for 13 months and is
now somewhere in Belgium, with
the Engineering Corps.
Cadet Nurse Ruth Kasmer, in
service 13 months, is attached to
the U. S. Cadet Nursing Corps
and is at present stationed at
Mother Cabrini Hospital in Chi-
cago.
Pvt. Harry Kasmer served for
eight months in the Air Corps
and has just been honorably dis-
charged.
The four Kasmers are grad-
uates of Central High School.
Lt. Kasmer was graduated as
a Registered Nurse from Mother
Cabrini Hospital, Chicago, and
also studied at Children's Hospi-
tal, Louisville, Ky. Enlisting on
March 2, she was stationed at
Camp McCoy, Wis., and Percy
Jones Hospital, Battle Creek, be-
fore going overseas.
Pvt. Edward Kasmer served in
France before going to his pre-
sent fighting position in Belgium.
Pvt. A. H. Goldberg
Missing in Action
In one • of the most touching
letters written by a Detroit Jew-
ish serviceman to come to the
attention of The Jewish News is
one penned by Lt. Alex Ross of
the ATC to his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. M. Ross of 4211 Tuxedo Ave.
Lt. Ross was back in England
when he wrote this letter on
Sept. 23 after
participating in
the invasion of
Holland.
"Today is
erev Yom Kip-
pur," he writes,
"and I think I'll
go to town to
attend services
.• I feel very
deeply about
•m a n y things.
. Lt. Ross
The fate of the Jews for one. It
gave me great pleasure to parti-
cipate • in the invasion of Hol-
land, and - I like to think that
its coming right smack on Rosh
Hashanah is symbolic. Shall we
say that it - marks this year as
the year which will bring about
the complete defeat of the en-
emies of the Jews? I hope so!
"I want to go to shule tonight
or - tomorrow to be with my fel-
low Jews . . . I want to see Jew-
ish tradition firm and solid in
the face of all its persecution at
the time when Nazism is 'crum-
bling .
Lt. Ross goes on to say that
his "big obsession has long been
the way in which my brethern
had to die—slaughtered like cat-
tle without a chance to fight
back . .. yet I, who am no bet-
ter than they, live on to fight for
life, for mine and for my nation's.
"This is the way I feel on this
Yom Kippur, mother and dad.
I hope you . can understand it
. . . we are closer than ever on
this holiday."
In a postscript he asks for
cookies and candy, scarce in
England.
. .
• PIA. Avery Harvard Goldberg,
who at 18 was an honor student
at the University of Michigan,
is missing in Italy. His mother,
Mrs. Birdie:••
' """ • '
Goldberg, 2455
Clairmount Ave.,
has been in-
formed that he
has not been,.
heard o f since&
Sept. 17.
A brilliant
Shulman Brothers
student, he was
graduated from
Promoted Within
Northern Hi g h
School c u m A. H. Goldberg Month in
laude and was the recipient of
the Latin Medal. He then con-
tinued his education in Ann Ar- Marshall Now 1st Lieutenant
bor until his induction into the
and Bud Is a Sergeant,
armed forces on Nov. 17, 1943.
Parents Are Informed
First stationed at Camp Meade
he was sent to North Africa last
April and then to Italy.
India
Molar Wounded,
Gets Purple Heart
Detroiter, on High Seas for
Two Years, Seeks Corres-
pondents From _Home
S 1/c Lave Molar, U.S.S. San-
tee, 1st Division, has been on the
high seas for two years and
would appreciate correspondence
with young peo-
ple. His mother,
Mrs. Bertha Wi-
sotzky of 2611
Carter Ave., haS
received letters
brom him ex-
pressing his re-
gret at having
so few corre-
spondents, f b r
he would wel-
come news from S 1/c Molar
his home town. His address is:
S 1/c Lave Molar, U.S.S. Santee,
st Division, % Fleet Post Office,
San Francisco, California.
S 1/c Molar, who has been
wounded and is the possessor of
the Purple Heart, has only been
home for two days since his
entry into the service.
Born in Detroit 21 years ago,
after the death of his •father,
Molar, a graduate of North-
western High School, was em-
ployed in the offices of the New
Y o r k Central Railroad Co.,
until his enlistment in t'ile navy
on July 3, 1942.
Visits Grave
Of Capt. Lien
A description of the territory
where one of Detroit's Jewish
war Heroes,
Capt. Reuben
Iden, is buried,
and of the cir-
cumstances
which accom-
panied his death
s- described i n
a n article, b y
Eugene Burns,
entitled "En-
chanted Isle,"
Capt. Iden
in a recent issue
of Collier's.
Relating the experiences of
Marines on a Pacific Isle, off
Guadaltanal, Mr. Burns tells of
being taken to a spot where
stood a wooden marker reading:
Capt. R. Iden
U.S.M.C.
Died in Action
Sept. 20, 1942
The article states:
"In his missionary-taught pid-
gin English using quiet ges-
tureS, Chief Moa told me how
Capt. Iden's plane had crashed
into the surf. The chief's peo-
ple had hurried out, but the pil-
ot was dead, and 'they brought
his body here to rest."
Capt. Iden's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Iden of 1926 Hazel-
wood, recently received a Presi-
dential memorial from President
Roosevelt, paying tribute to the
hero's memory.
Pvt. Boim Killed
In France, July 27
Pvt. Paul Boim, 25, was killed
in action in France, July 27, 1944,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Boim of 2448 Hazelwood Ave.,
have been notified.
He entered the Army in Sep-
tember, 1943, and received his
basic training with the -infantry
at Camp Wolters, Tex., before
leaving for embarkation from Ft.
Meade, Md. In April, 1944, he
went to North Ireland and then
to France, entering combat only a
few days after D-Day.
A graduate of Cass Tech High,
he had been employed by the
Federal Department Stores.
Schwidkay Becomes
Captain; Began as
Army Buck Private
Lt. Shulman Sgt. Shulman
Two Detroit brothers, both in
India, well known in Detroit
circles, have received promotions
within a period of one month.
Marshall Shulman and Leon
Melvin (Bud) Shulman,, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Shulman
of 2651 Webb Ave., have been
promoted to First Lieutenant and
Sergeant, respectively.
Lt. Shulman, a former news-
paperman, one time member of
the editorial staff of The Detroit
News, who resigned his national-
ly-important post of executive
vice-president of the Council for
Democracy, is a member of the
Psychological Warfare Team at-
tached. to the U. S. Army Office
of War Information. He is a
graduate of the University of
Michigan and also studied at
Harvard.
Sgt. Shulman studied at Wayne
and specialized in engineering at
Michigan at the time of his en-
listment in March, 1942.
Their father is vice-president
of Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
Mrs. Shulman is active in com-
munity welfare projects and was
president of t h e Home Relief
Society for 10 years.
Herbert Schwidkay has the
distinction of having come up
through the - ranks to the position
of, captaincy. Inducted on Oct.
28,. 1941, as a buck private he
recently was advanced to the
rank of captain.
The 24 year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. Schwidkay of 2270 Dav-
ison Ave., • was graduated from
Cass Tech
w a s attending'
Wayne Univer-
sity at the time
of his entry in-
to the army...
First sent
Camp Grant,
Ill., he was
transferred t o
the medical
corp and movecl.
Ariz on aCapt. Schwidkay
t o
where he remained for nine
months before being recommend-
ed for 0. C. S. He was commis-
sioned a second lieutenant in Oc-
tober of 1942.
Capt. Schwidkay, an instructor
of chemical warfare since be-
coming an officer, was at Gore
Field, Mont., for 14 months and
from there proceeded to his pre-
sent camp at Fairfax Field, Kan.
Capt. Schwidkay received his
Jewish education in the United
Hebrew Schools.
LT. LOUIS WOLL AND CPL.
HARRY WOLL
next' to a German garrison, with
the Germans immediately open-
ing fire. Lt. Woll, with the
help of the Partisans, managed
a head wound.
to escape
After he ad
had
h recovered suffi-
ciently to - continue his journey,
he was aided in returning to
Italy.
Cable from Yugoslavia
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Woll of
12160 Dexter Blvd., his parents,
received a cable from the Yugo- •
slay Underground informing thc:.i.
of. the safety and well-being of
their son, while simultaneously
receiving a telegram from the
war department declaring that
the entire crew was lost. .
Lt. Won, 23, is a member of
the exclusive Flying Boot Club,
composed of fliers who have been
shot down and recovered. He
has been recommended for the
DSC and already has been award-
ed the Purple Heart and several
other medals. At -present, he is
recuperating on the Isle of Capri
and is anxious to get back into
action.
Studied. Optometry `
A graduate of Central\ High
school, he studied optothetry at
the Chicago College of Optom-
etry and completed his course
there two years after his enlist-.
ment in the army. He entered
active service in March of 1942
and was commissioned as a navi-
gator nine months later. With
the 15th Air Force, he was sent
overseas to Italy in April.
His brother, Cpl: Harry Woll,
who is also a graduate optom-
etrist, is serving in that capacity
at the Menlo Park Hospital in
California.
•
S-Sgt. I. Goldberg
Returns from Hawaii
Was Married to Miss Doris
Gumbiner in Chicago on
• Oct. 17
After spending a year in the
Hawaiian Islands, Staff Sgt. Isa-
dore Goldberg, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Max Goldberg of 2670 Pasa-
dena, has been
sent back to the ..
U. S. to attend
Officers' Train-
ing School and
for. a stop-over
in Chicago where
his marriage
which took place
on Tuesday.
H i s parents,
members of
family and other S/Sgt, Goldberg
relatives and friends accom-
panied him to Chicago to attend
the marriage ceremony to Miss
Doris Gumbiner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Gumbiner of that
city.
S/Sgt. Goldberg has been in
the Army for two years, serving
in the signal corps and specializ-
ing in radar. Before his enlist-
ment, he was graduated from
Wayne University where he spe-
cialized in commerce, finance •
and business administration.