May, defacer 1/, 51944
$250,000 Bond 1)4,ve z Ntemory
Of War Hero T-4 Morris Miller
Will be Launched by Arlazaroff BranCh of Jewish National
, . Workers' Alliance Wednesday in.MeMory. of
Member Killed in France
Arlazaroff Branch of the Jew-
ish. National Workers' Alliance
will, pay tribute to the memory
LATE T/4 MORRIS MILLER
of one of its members, T/4 1Vlor-
-ris Miller, who was among the
first to 'lose his life in France
during the early invasion days.
The memorial. tribute meeting,
to take place next Wednesday
evening at the Rose Sittig Cohen
Bldg., Tyler. and Lawton, will
take the form of a war bond
rally, and a quota of $250,000 has
been set for the purchase of a
bomber to serve as Arlazaroff
branch members' tribute to the
late serviceman.
The Speakers
Morris Schaver, chairman of
Sidney J. White
Promoted to Major
Sidney J. White has been pro-
moted to the rank of Major,
according to word received by
his wife, Betty
De/than White
of 2956 Calvert
Ave.
Maj. White is
stationed in
It aly and has
been overseas ;
for 18 months.'
He-was called to
active duty, in
November, 1940,
and while in this Maj. White
country was stationed in Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina
and Florida.
At present, he is attached to
the Judge" Advocate • General's
Department and is working with
Col. I. Z. Ide, former Detroit
Common Pleas Court Judge.
Community Center
To Organize Club for
Wives of Servicemen
,
A club for wives of servicemen
is being organized by the Jewish
Center under the direction of
Mrs. Esther Mossman. -
The first meeting will be held
next Wednesday at • 8 p. m.
All servicemen's wives are
welcome to the meetint where
plans for a permanent organiza-
tion will be discussed.
Mrs. Samuel Glogower, former
president of the Center, chairman
of the Jewish Centers DiVision of
the National 'Jewish Welfare
Board and chairman of the Na-
tional USO Committee on Wo-
men and Girls is expected to ad-
dress the group. Phil Rabin,
direttor of the JWB-USO, also
will appear. Refreshments will
be served.
Our Deadline
The deadline for copy to be
submitted for publication in The
Jewish News is before 3 p. m.
on Tuesday.
All contributors to the columns
of The Jewish News are urged
to have copy at The News• of
before the deadline.
Arlazaroff branch, will preside
at the meeting. The speakers
will include Philip Slomovitz,
Frank. Isbey, chairman of the
Michigan War Loan campaigns
or a spokesman for Mr. Isbey.
Harry Schumer, chairman of
the war bond drives for Arlaza-
roff branch, states that close to
$2;000,000 worth of war bonds
have already been sold through
the efforts of members of the
branch.
of M. Graduate
T/4 Morris Miller, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Abe Miller of -3247 Col-
lingwood Ave., was killed in ac-
tion in France on June 10. He
was 25 in March, was a graduate
of the University of Michigan
College of Engineering, class of
1942,• and was .a.'.U. of M. post-
graduate - student when he en-
tered. active service in January,
1943. He : was. Overseas for six
months at the time of his death.
He was - one of -the first over-
seas servicemen to subscribe to
The Jewish News and had re-
ceived our paper regularly until
his departure for France with the
invasion troops.
Ambulance Given Army
In tribute to his memory, his
parents presented an ambulance
to the U. S. Army on July 17, at
ceremonies in which prominent
Detroit Christians and Jews par-
ticipated.
Members
Of
all Farband
branches and all friends of the
late T/4 Miller are invited to the
Arlazaroff meeting next Wednes-
day evening.
JEWISH HERO
Destroys 27
Nazi Tanks
By S. BANK
MOGILEV (JPS) — Lt. Jacob
Holtzman, 20, commander of an
antitank gunners platoon, has
been thrice-decorated . by the
Soviets for gallant fighting at
Stalingrad, the Donbas- area and
in the Crimea, and has to his
cred,it 27 enemy tanks which he
personally destroyed.
I have spoken to his men who
told me: "It is grand to fight
under Holtzman!"
The occasion was on June 28,
1944, the day when Mogilev was
liberated. Severe battles were
being fought within the town.
On the western outskirts, the
Nazis blocked the crossroads
leading to the Minsk highway
in a last attempt to stop the ad-
vancing Soviet infantry.
Under 'a hurricane of enemy
fire, Holtzman's platoon came
within 50•to 60 meters of the
German tanks. His men open-
ed fird. The German command
started a counter-attack.
Lt. Holtzman rushed forward
and hurled a bundle of hand
grenades which stopped one of
the advancing tanks. His men
followed. The counter-attack
was turned back.
When the war broke out, the
Holtzman family was evacuated
from Krasnaya Sloboda,' in the
Minsk - province,. to a small town
in Siberia. Jacob wanted to
join the Red Army, but was turn-
ed down for he was only 17: He
Was called up in the summer of
1942.
•
Jewish Squadron Chief
In USAAF Rewarded
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Lt . Col.
Harry Conely, of San Francisco,
who, at 28, is one of the highest
ranking Jewish officers in the U.
S. Army Air Force, has received
the DRF for extraordinary ach-
ievement while serving as Squad-
ron Commander and co-pilot of
a bomber raid on • Germany, it
is reported by the Jewish Na-
tional Welfare Board. He is also
the holder of five other decora-
tions for heroism in the Euro-
pean theater, including the Air
'Medal' and the Purple Heart.
THE JEWISH NEWS
Pogo Twertfy-FiVe
Capt. Jack Selling
Gets High Promotion
Refugee, in U.S. Only 4 Years, Dies
In France After Year As a Soldier
Among the Jewish servicemen
'who haVe distinguished themsel-
ves on the various fighting fronts
is Capt. Jack Selling, recently
promoted to acting 'Assistant In-
spector General of the Air Corps
for the southwestern section of
the United States. He works out
of Santa Anna, Calif.
Having been elevated to the
captaincy in- December of 1943,
he was returned to this country
after completing 53 missions em-
bracing 302 bombing hours in the
south Pacific. The possessor of
the DFC, silver star and air
Medal, he had spent 10 months
overseas. • •
He was married in May, 1943,
and his wife is now making her
home with her parents in Tuc-
son, Arizona.
PisgahCommences
Showing of Films
brother, Leo, now 16, came to
the U. S. on March 4, 1940, and
arrived in Detroit three - .days
later. Except for - a brief stay
with another family, the broth-
ers resided with Mrs. Abe Mas-
serinan of 1699 Calvert. Leo still
lives there, under the supervis-
ion of the Resettlement Service,
which is a beneficiary of the
War Chest through the Allied
Jewish Campaign.
Sigmund Moritz was gradu-
ated from high school here in
August, 1943, with high honors,
and was inducted the following
month. His proficiency in math-
ematics found the army placing
him ,in 'charge of a, gunnery
crew: Last May he visited his
foster mother and b_rother and
soon after was sent to England
and 'subsequently to France..
- Nothing has been heard from
the youth's parents in Germany
since the war broke out
Sigmund Moritz, 19, one of a
group. of 20 children who came
to Detroit through the efforts of
the National Refugee Service
and who were
placed in foster
homes by the
Resettl ement
Service child-
ren' s depart-
ment, has been
killed in action
in France, it was
learned by the
office of the Re
settlement Ser-
vice here.
Born in Koeln,Sigmund Moritz
Germany, April 4, 1925, of- Pol-
ish-Jewish parents, Sigmund
was reported killed while serv-
ing With a gunnery crew on
Sept 16. He and his younger.
Lt. Panush Writes
Letters in Yiddish
From C-B-I Front
Musical Program Set for
Mr. and Mrs Abraham. Panush
Nov. 30; Holiday Boxes
are proud of their son; Lt. Sol
Sent Servicemen
Monday night will , mark the
opening of the series of previews
of outstanding movies to be pre-
sented by Pisgah . Lodge No. 34
of Bnai Brith for members and
prospective members.
Max Blumenthal, entertainment
chairman, and his co-chairman,
Jack Zide, announce that a series
of important programs will be
sponsored at the Jewish Com-
munity Center, Monday's enter-
tainment to start 8:30 p. m.
Sam Maza, membership chair-
man, urges that new members
attend this gathering.
On Nov. 30, Julius Chajes,
musical director of the Center
and Temple Beth El, will be pre-
sented by Pisgah Lodge together
with Marguerite Kozenn in a
musical program, according to
Milton Weinstein, president, and
I. Starr, program chairman.
Leonard L. Radner, chairman
of the servicemen's committee,
announces that holiday packages
are being sent Pisgah members
in active service, and that these
packages were packed at Max H.
Goldhoff's business establish-
ment. The committee in. charge
included Joe Faudem, Albert
Adelman, Max Kornweiss, Jack
Harry Moss, M. H. Gold-
hoff, Arthur Shapiro, Victor
Bloomfield, Louis Wasserman,
Morris Kaplan, Irving Reiter,
Archie Katcher, Milton Wein-
stein; the following members of
Pisgah Auxiliary: Mesdames
Martha Weinstein, Sylvia Wasser-
man; Members of B. & P. Mar-
shall Auxiliary, Mrs. Betty White,
president, Betty Aaron, Shirley
Bernstein, Ruth Feinstein, Alice
Patrick, Molly Demson. Mrs.
Jean Milan phoned homes of serv-
icemen.
Panush, for he has proven to
them that their efforts to give
him a complete Jewish education
have not been in ,vain.
His letters to them, written in
a perfect Yiddish, indicate that
he has justified the hope and
faith that his parents and teach-
ers have placed in him. • •
A : graduate of the high school
department of the United He-
brew Schools and a teacher in
the system, Lt. Panush utilized
his training in conducting holy-
day services at his post some-
where on 'the China-Burma-India
front.
Since there are but eight other
Jewish servicemen in his vicin-
ity, formal service were not ar-
ranged. However, Lt. Panush
sent a request to the nearest
chaplain asking that he supply
them with Siddurim and the
'prayer books were flown to them.
Lt. Panush writes that since
they lacked one man for a Min-
yan, they considered. God as the
tenth. He writes that their Yom
Kippur services were interrupted
for two hours by Jap planes, but
that they returned to complete
the prayers after the all-clear
signal was sounded. -
Lt. Panush, 24, was married to
the former Sylvia Logan about
two years ago.
RE-ELECT
Congressman
JOHN D. DINGELL
On His Competent
and Faithful Record
•
A Majority Member of the
Ways and Means Committee
•
Progressive - Aggressive
Fearless - Fair
•
15th District
Wards 10, 12, 14, 16
Additional Servicemen's News
Vote DEMOCRATIC
On Pages 26, 28
RE-ELECT
D. HALE. BRAKE
STATE TREASURER
S/Sgt. Berlin Given
Gold Overseas Bar
Republican
The Best Assurance of
Future Performance Is
Past Performance!
.
15th AAF IN ITALY -- S/Sgt.
Leo E. Berlin. of 19352 Ohio Ave.,
Detroit, who has been in' Italy
for the past eight months, is now
entitled to wear the gold overseas
service bar under recent war de-
partment orders.
Sgt. Berlin is a squadron ser-
geant major with a B-24 Libera-
tor heavy bombardment group
which has flown more than 100
cbmbat missions in southern Eu-
rope.
Col. Sarnoff Awarded
The Legion of Merit
WASHINGTON (JPS) — Col.
David Sarnoff of New York,
president of the Radio Corp.. of
America, was awarded the Le-
gion of Merit for his work with
the signal corps of Supreme
Headquarters Allied Expedition-
ary Force in preparing news
communications for the invasion
and for Paris. Col. Sarnoff was
cited for "ingenuity and re-
sourcefulness in restoring cables
severed by. the enemy," it was
reported here.
Buy War Bonds!
His Record Proves His Integrity;
Progressiveness . . . Capacity:
D. HALE BRAKE
For State Treasurer. Vote Nov. 7
A VOTE FOR
John R. Dethmers
Republican Candidate
For Attorney General
Is a Vote for Honest Government
FORMER CHIEF ASSISTANT
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Able and Experienced
John R. Dethmers
For Attorney General
November 7. Vote Republican