Friday, November 10, 1944

THE JEWISH NEWS

Page Sixteen

Torah Received in New Caledonia

Sgt. Keila Learns
Plight of Jews
In Belgium

Tells of Hearing Rabbi Saved
by Priest During Nazi
Occupation There

Hectds Michigan's Jewish Vets

Schaeffer to Push Drive
For elfWV Memorial Home

Resigns as National Vice-Commander to Devote Himself to
New Post as Commander of Dept. of Michigan Jewish
War Veterans; Home Site Purchased

When Archie H. 'Greenberg was re-elected national commander
of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States, at the • annual
American soldiers fighting on encampment in New York early last month, one of the nominating
the European front are coming speeches was delivered by Harry
face to face with the tragedy of
ican Legion support in the cam-
our brethren daily. Sgt. Archie J. • Schaeffer of Detroit.
paign against Gerald L. K; Smith.
Keila, now in
Schaeffer has retired as na-
Belgium, in a
tional vice-commander to be able
letter to hiS par-
to devote himself to his new
ents, tells of his
post: that of commander of the
encounter with
Department of Michigan Jewish
some Belgian
War Veterans.
Chaplain Samuel M. Chomsky of Chicago has sent an acknowl- Jews. He writes:
Mr. Schaeffer long has been
edgment to the Jewish Welfare Board, together with the above
"You have
recognized as one of the out-
photograph, of the receipt of the Torah he holds, at New Caledonia. read and heard
standing national leaders of the
The Scroll was donated by Mr. and Mrs. William Gross of New about how our
Jewish War Veterans. At the
-York, whose son, Lou Gross, is shown on the right, with Cpl. David people have
national encampment in October,
Kaplan of Springfield, Mass., at the left.
been
persecuted,
,„
•
he served as chairman of the
Sgt. Keila
but I'll tell you
truthfully, mother, you can't even honor a r y and membership
begin to realize what did happen awards.
His major concern at present
until you talk to the people
themselves. . . . Of all the fami- is to make a success of the drive
lies I met and talked to not ones to establish the Jewish War Vet-
Seaman First Class Victor
of them is together. Some have erans Memorial Home, on the
Hirsch Linden emphasizes • one
the husband missing, others .the recently-purchased entire city
message when , he writes to his
lot, having a 507-foot frontage,
Marine Sgt. Milton Amernick, children. Where they are no one 170 feet deep, around Holmur,
friends and to
has the slightest idea."
25,
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Hyman
his family: work
He also writes about the rabbi Petoskey and Waverly.
Amernick of 16608 Griggs, is
for the Jewish
who conducted services. He was
Mr. Schaeffer his played an
home
on
furlough
after
spending
National F u n d
HARRY J. SCHAEFFER
in hiding four years; a Catholic important role in securing Amer-
27 months in the
and help
priest took him in and disguised
Pacific.
strengthen the
him as a priest. When this rabbi
He w a s sta-
Habonim move-
spoke, Sgt. Keila and his buddies
tioned with an
ment.
wept.
air raid service
S. 1/c Linden,
Sgt. Keila, 24, son of Mr. and
and
upon
com-
son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Cohen of 8821
pletion of his
Mrs. Nathan
Pharmacist. Mate 3/c Helen F.
Twelfth, was graduated from
stay. h ere will
Linden of 2097
Katz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
CCI,
Chatham,
Ont.
Before
his
leave
for
Quan-
Oakman Blvd., S. 1/c Linden
Saul Katz. of 18065 Fairfield, re-
induction in October, 1942, he
cently has returned to Bethesda,
has been in service a year and is tico, Va., to at-
was
employed
as
manager
of
the
tend a school in
Detroiter Cited for Efficient Md., after spending a five-day
now somewhere in the Pacific.
Morris Market. First stationed at
A graduate of Central High advanced Radar.
Work During Hurricane by
leave ' with her
D is r egarding M/S Amernick Spartenburg, S. C., he went to
School and the United Hebrew
family. Her sis-
Gen.
Harvey
England
in
March
of
•
1944,
and
mention
of
actual
combat,
he
tells
Schools, he had been active in
ter, Joyce Nor-
on
July'
6
was
sent
to
France.
how
servicemen
actually
cried
Habonim and youth activities of
ma, who is at-
Among
members
of
a
U.
S.
Air
for mail. "When it did come," he
Sgt. Keila was married to the
the Jewish National Fund.
tending school
Force
weather
squadron
corn-
relates, "it brought a wonderful former Edith Solow in August,
at Hillsdale,
feeling. When a fellow didn't 1941. They have a son, Danny, 1 mended in Cuba by Maj. Gen. Mich., came
Harvey for efficient and excel- home to visit
hear his name called out, it was year old. •
, lent work whil•
worse than a stab in the back!"
on duty during with her sister.
In covering more than 20,000
P/M Katz,
the
recent East-
miles, Amernick served in Pan-
graduate of Cen-
e
r
xi
Seaboard
ama, Bora Bora, in the Society
hurricane, w a s tral High, at- P/M 3/c H. Katz
Islands group, New Zealand, New
Ohio
Sgt. Manuel No- tended
University before enlisting
Prominent AZA Leader Here, Caledonia, New Hebrides, the El-
sanchuk, 23, son State
in the Navy, in August, 1943.
lis Islands group and Hawaii.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Babbin of
of Mr. and Mrs. She has completed the course for
Wayn- e Pre-Med Student,
He enlisted in January, 1942, 18603 Appoline Ave., have been
B. Nosanchuk of
Appointed to Academy
was a student it the Detroit In- notified that their son, Capt.
3 2 0 2 Cortland. X-ray technicians and now is
stitute of Technology, and was Frederick S. Babbin, who was
His was the only teaching anatomy to students and
27 in January,
Sam Saferstein, son of Ger- graduated from Central High.
reporting station is in charge of one of the offices
w a s promoted Sgt. Nosanchuk with a complete at her post
trude Saferstein of 2453 Richton,
His brother, Lt. Jerry _ S., is
last month to record of the• storm.
left for Henderson Point, Miss., stationed in Sardinia, off the
rank of Major
after receiving an appointment coast of Italy.
Home on furlough after spend-
and has been ing 18 months in the Central
to the U. S.
decorated with American country, he relates
•Merchant M a -
the Bronze Star that it was an occurrence which
rine Cadet Acad-
Medal for meri- he won't forget for a long time.
emyr.
:orious action in
A pre-med
One of his more delightful ex-
Fire Control Third Class Sim-
France.
at
student
periences, however, came when on S. Indianer, son of Mr. and
Major
Babbin
Wayne Univer-
the Jewish boys wanted to con- Mrs. .Morris In-
Inspector duct Friday services.. After a dianer o f 3,261
sity, Sam was
The first meeting of a club for
on the Frosh wives of service men which was
aj. Babbin General of his Protestant chaplain had helped Kendall Ave . ,
board and a organized by the Jewish Com- division, a position ordinarily them set it up and appropriated who has been in
member of munity Center, under the direc- filled by a lieutenant-colonel and all the books they needed, the active service a
Wayne's famed tion of Mrs. Esther Mossman, had to which he was advanced when Protestants of Havana donated year, has just
he was Captain supervising the their chapel, candlesticks and a returned f r o m
S. Saferstein A Cappella an enthusiastic attendance. .
Choir. He was known as the
Over 50 wives of Jewish serv- sending of supplieS for his divi- marble tablet bearing the Ten six months ser-
'Smiling President" of his June, ice men attended the first meet- sion during the invasion.
Commandments. During R o s h vice in the Paci-
1944, graduating class at Central ing and are now forming a per-
A graduate of Wayne Univer- Hasanah and Yom Kippur they fic.
-High. He also was on the student manent group under the name of sity, Major Babbin passed the were given time off to attend
He is 19 years
council and a member of the "Service Wives."
State Bar examination three services, which were conducted old and s a
Central choir and was gfaduated
A temporary committee headed weeks before he entered the serv- by a local reform rabbi who, for graduate of Cen-
with high distinction.
by Mrs. Sadie 5aferstein. includes ice as a private in April, 1941. He the benefit of the soldiers, held tral. High School. FC3/C Indianer
Prominent in AZA circles, Sam Mesdames Frances Mark o w it z, was employed in the tax depart- it. in English instead of Spanish. He studied at Wayne University
Entering service March 15, and the United Hebrew Schools.
was two-time Aleph Godol of Helen Sherman, Frances Aaron- ment of General Motors Corp.
1943, Manuel- was graduated from
Chapter 313, organizer and con- son, • Esther Latten, Shirley while he attended Law School.
Northern High and spent two
ductor of. its Hel5rew choir, Schneiderman, Ruth Leibowitz
and a half years at Wayne Uni-
chairman of last year's AZA Sab- and Fridell Whiteman.
versity, majoring in engineering.
bath and chairman of the Michi-
The next meeting is planned
A brother, Pfc. William, is
gan and Ohio Regional Tourna- for Thursday evening, at 8 p. m.,
stationed with the ground crew
ment, recently held in Detroit. in the USO lounge of the Jewish
of t h e Air Corps at Rapid
Among the heroes of this war
Community Center. "
City, N. D.
Mordecai
.14.
Falick
of
the
U.
is
Pfc. Ruben Marx who was
All wives of service men are
wounded while participating in
invited to join this group _which S. ArMy Medical Corps has been
is planning a varied • program of promoted to the rank of Major,
the Normandy invasion. Pfc.
his family learn-
activities in war efforts, civic
Marx, who received the Purple
' ed this week.
and community affairs.
Coming out of hiding when
Heart, was wounded on July 6,
Maj. Falick was
stationed .in
Allied troops entered Brussels,
and is recovering at a hospital
Flight Officer Albert A. Zack,
Australia until
Jan Alter, 19-year old son of More Organizations
in
England.
recently and is son of Mrs. Grace Zack of 15532
Victor Alter, Polish Socialist Entertain Servicemen
Pfc. Marx, husband of Mrs.
attached to the Normandy, received his silver
leader who was executed in Rus-
Surgeon's Office. wings as bombardier on Oct. 28, Rose Marx of Tuxedo Ave., is
Organizations which assisted
the father of one-year-old Leon-
sia three years ago, has enlisted the USO-JWB program in the
•: Of the 41 months at the Victorville Army Air
•
he has been in Field, Victorville, Calif. Prior to arc'.
in the Polish Army, which forms past week and served at the
A graduate of Northern High,
his entering the army F/O Zack
active
service
part of the liberating forces in Downtown USO, the JWB-USO
he was in the tire business be-
L h e spent 2 8 was a teacher at Macomb School fore his induction in June, 1942.
western Europe, the Polish Tele- Lounge at .the Jewish Center and
:ere
in
Detroit.
His
first
leave
months
overseas.
Maj. Falick
the Belcrest parties included
with that of his brother, First stationed at Ft. Blanding,
graph Agency correspondent in Temple Israel Red Cross Unit,
His wife, Anne, and 3-year-old coincides
Pfc.
Edward
Zack, whom he Fla., he was sent to England last
the Belgian capital cables. The Odessa Independent Ladies' Club son, Arnold, live with the for-
hadn't seen since the day of Pearl March.
Socialist leader's sorr left Poland and Zedakah Club.
mer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Da- Harbor. Edward is now home on
His two brothers, both serving
Women's Division of American vid Mark of 25 Tennyson Ave.
for Belgium in 1939, accompanied
furlough from Camp Chaffee, overseas, are Pvt. Herman, whose
by is mother, to stay with an Jewish Congress served at the
Ark., where he has • been station- whereabouts are at present un-
uncle. When the Nazis occupied Romulus Air Base.
ed since his return to the States known, and Cpl. Martin, now in
Food packages were provided
Brussels, they dropped out of
after two years of overseas duty. Belgium.
by Temple Beth El Sisterhood. i
sight.

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S i-c Linden Spurs
J NF, Habonim Work

Sgt. M. Amernick
Is Home After
Duty in Pacific

Sgt. M.Nosanchuk
Describes Storm,
Seri)ices in Cuba

Saferstein Leaves
For U. S. Merchant
Marine Cadet School

PM 3-c Helen Katz
Visits Parents Here

Frederick S. Babbin
Gets Rank of Major

FC3-c Indianer Back;
6 Months in Pacific

Activities Begun
By Service Wives

Pfc. Marx Wounded,
In British Hospital

Mordecai L. Falick
Promoted to Major

Victor Alter's Son
Found in Brussels

F-0 Al Zack Gets
His -Silver Wings

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uy Wctr Bonds