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March 02, 1945 - Image 14

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1945-03-02

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Page Fourteen!

THE JEWISH HEN'S

Pfc. II. M. Broder
Wounded in Foot;
Gets Purple Heart

.

S-Sgt. Jack Rouman
Back from Overseas
With Many Medals

.

Recuperating in Army Hos-
pital in England; Over-
• seas Since December

Pfc. Harry M. Broder, 19, who
received a shrapnel wound Jan.
•12, in France, now is recuper-
-eting in an army hospital some-
where in,/ Eng-
land. Pfc. Brod-
er is the recip-
ient of the Pur-
ple Heart, He
suffered a foot;
injury.
A _graduate of
Central high, he
was a student at
Michigan State
College at the
time of his en- Pfc._ Broder
iistment in May of 1943. He took
his basic training at Camp Mc-
Quade, Cal.., and was an ASTP
engineering student at Stanford
University until the collapse of
the ASTI! program.
• Sent to Bulkeley Field, Colo.,
he later was assigned as an . air
student at Washington State Col-
lege. When this branch of the air
force service was discontinued,
he was transferred to the in-
fantry and was stationed at
Camp Adair, Ore. From there he
went to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.,
and was shipped Overseas in De-
cember of 1944.
Pfc. Broder is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Broder of 2285
Lawrence. Mr. Broder, a leader
of Jewish affairs - in Detroit, is I
the. president of the board of
directors of the Jewish Com-
munity Center:



S/Sgt. Jack Rouman, 25, who
has the distinction of having
participated in the first heavy
bomber mission flown over oc-
cupied Europe, has... returned to
this country
from his last.
base in Italy.
Overseas 32
months, he ser-
ved in England,
North Africa
and ,Italy.
S/S g t. Rou-
man, who was
a n Armament S/Sgt. Rouman
Flight Squadron Chief and an
armor gunner, brought down an
enemy plane over Bucharest,
Romania. With the 15th Air
Force, he wears six battle stars,
has received the Air Medal and
has been awarded the Presi-
dential Unit Citation and
two Oak Leaf Clusters. He also
possesses the Airplane Armor's
Badge for special technical skills
and abilities.
A Wayne student majoring in
educational psychology, he had
completed two and one-half
years when he enlisted on Jan.
27, 1942. He was sent overseas
four months later.
S/Sgt. Rouman has- two uncles
in service. T/4 Morris M. Green-
spon is in 'Wales at an Engineer-
ing Repair Depot and Cpl. Sam-
uel Greenspoon is with the 14th
hospital train in France. They
are his mother's brothers.
S/Sgt. Rouman is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert S. Rouman
of 2744 Gladstone Ave.
On March 26, 1943, The Jewish
News published an essay in
which S/Sgt. Rouman gave his
version of the significance of the
"Bill of Rights",

2 Graff Brothers,
Pvt. Norm Kolin Seaman Kilberg
Meet in England Fought With GIs
Cpl. Morrie Graff, 28, stationed On (Jap Islands

in England since April, 1943, has
had the good fortune of meeting
his brother, Cpl. Jack Graff, 23, Helped Keep Beaches Clear
For Troops, Materiel
as well as his brother-in-law,
Pvt. Norman Kolin, 19. It was a
And Aided Wounded



Despite the fact that BM 1/c
Gabriel I. Kilberg, 22, is serving
with the Coast Guard, he has
spent almost as much time in
foxholes as on the sea. He is a
veteran of three amphibious at-
tacks on Jap islands.
As a member of a Coast Guard
beach party, he went ashore with
the first landing
craft and help-
ed keep the
beach clear for
incoming assault
troops a n d ma-
terial.
He also gave
first aid to
wounded Yanks
and helped
cuate
e in to
S 1/c Kilberg hospital ship s.
During. that period he spent a
good share of the days in a fox-
hole fighting like an infantry-
man.
"It was sure good to get back
to my .ship", comented Kilberg.
He is assigned to a landing
ship tank, used as a Coast Guard
"attack transport".
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank-
Kilberg, 9327 Martindale, he was
graduated. from Central . high in
June 1941 and ernisted the fol-
lowing December. He received
his Jewish education at Temple
Beth El.

Jack Graff,
Morrie Graff
thrilling experience for him to
hear news of a son-who was born
while he was overseas and whom
he had never seen.
. Morrie Graff is attached to an
Air Depot while his brother,
Jack, is a reconnaissote scout
fighting somewhere in France:
Pvt. Kolin is at an Ordnance De-
pot in France.
The Graff boys are the sons • of
Mr. and Mrs. Graff of 2282 Glad-
stone Ave. and Pvt. -Kolin is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Kolin
of 9327 N. Martindale Ave..
Cpl. Morrie Graff was em-
ployed by the United Shirt Dis-
tributors before entering service
and is the husband of the former
Esther Kolin. They, have an 18-
month-old son, Barry David. I
Cpl. Jack Graff was an em-
ploye of the Federal Department
.Stores before entering service.
Pvt. Kolin, who has been over-
seas 14 months, was an engineer-
ing student at the University of
Detroit at the time of his in- 'Germans Segregating Jews
Among Polish War Prison _ ers
GENEVA, (JTA)—The Inter-
national Red CroSs has received
Greek Jewish Leaders Testify
information that the - German
Against Quisling Premiers
ISTANBUL (JPS)—Represent- military authorities have divided
atives of the Jewish-Cominunity Polish war prisoners - into Jewish
Councils of Athens and Salonika and non-Jewish 'Categories.
Jewish circles . are urging that
have been called to testify at the
trial here of the first 25 Greek a competent international organ-
quislings to be brought to trial ization make strong interventions
on charges of collaboration with immediately • to , prevent harm
the Germans. The Jewish testi- from coming to the Jewish pHs ,-
mony is to be directed mainly oners.
at three former Premiers: John
Rallis, George Tsolakoglou and
Painting - Paperhanging
Logo Theotopoulus accused of
Paint That Washes—Guaranteed Jobs
major responsibility for the ex-
termination of Greek Jewry.
M. Green & Son
HO. 4020

friday, Mara 2, 194

Pfc. A. Z. Cutler, Pvt. Katz, Athlete,
Hctbonim Leader, Linguist, Injured

Wounded in Reich

Injured by• Shell Fragment,
He's Reported Recovering
In British Hospital

Pfc. Aaron Zelig Cutler, one
of the leaders of the Habonim
movement in Detroit, is recover-
ing in a British hospital from
wounds he sustained in Germany
on Jan, 27, ac-
cording to in-.
formation r e -
ceived b y his
parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel
Cutler, 2566 Ful-
lerton.
A graduate of
Central high, he
h
completed
two years at the
Pfc. Cutler Michigan State
Agricultural College when he
was inducted on April 24, 1944.
After basic training at Camp
Hood, Tex., he was sent to Eng-
land, from there to France and
on to Germany. He was fight-
ing, with the infantry in Ger-
many when he received a shell
fragment wound of the left thigh.
Pfc. Cutler had studied He-
brew for many years with the
late Isaac NoVag. An active
member of Habonim, he had
played a vital role in the build-
ing of Kinneret, the regional Ha-
bonim camp at Chelsea, Mich.
Zelig, a member. of Kibbutz Ali-
yah, is planning to settle in Pal-
estine.

,

Pvt. E. Newmark
Killed in Action

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Newmark
of 3345 Sturtevant Ave. have
been informed that their only
son; Pvt. Edward
L., 19, was kill-
ed i n Belgium
on Jan. 19.
Pvt. Newmark
w a s graduated
from Central
High at the age
of 16 and was a
second year pre-
dental student
at the Univer-
Pvt. Newmark sity of Detroit
at the time of his induction on
Dec. 17, 1943. With the infantry,
he had been overseas since Oc-
tober•when he was shipped to
England.



While there he met his uncle,
,Capt.. Sigmund Gabe, who has
been in England for 18 months
and is serving with the medical
corps. From there Pvt. New-
mark was sent to France.

Grace Moore to Give
Concert Here March 19

• Grace Moore internationally
famous lyric soprano, was the
first great star to sing in the mo-
vies, over the air, and now do-
ing her work in army camps,
she has, as newspaper editorials
have said, "taken the high-hat
out of opera and given it to the
people."

Miss Moore will appear at the
Masonic Auditorium on Monday
evening, • March 19. Tickets
for the concert are on sale at
Grinnell's.

.

Noted

Speakers at
Marriage Institute

Capt. Albert C. Jacobs, USNR,
director of the Dependents Wel-
fare Division of the U. S. Bureau
of Naval Personnel, in Washing-
ton, will be one of the principal
speakers at next Thursday even-
ing's session of the Marriage and
Family Life Institute being held
in the Rackham Memorial Build-
ing, 60 Farnsworth, March 6-12.
Capt. Jacobs will discuss the
problems of service families and
ways in which the community
can help meet them. He will
share the program with Capt.
Dorothy C. Stratton, director of
the SPARS, whose topic will be
"Women After the War."
Dr. Lowell Selling, Detroit
psychiatrist, will speak on the
"Mental ' Hygiene of Engage-
ment," Thursday noon, March 8,
Local leaders will participate
in a series of conferences to be
held simultaneously during the
late morning and afternoon
hours. Assigned. to lead discus-
sion within their respective areas
of interest; local participants in-
clude Rabbi Leon Fram of Tern-
ple Israel, Herman Jacobs, of
the Jewish Community Center;
Mrs. M. S. Perlis • and Dr. Morris
Raskam of the UAW-CIO Health
Center.
The Service Wives, a group
of servicemen's wives who meet
regularly at the Jewish Commu-
nity Center, under the le,adership
of Mrs. Esther Mossman, is one
of the groups sponsoring special
programs within the Institute of
Franklin Life Sets
particular interest to service-
March as Month to
men's families and the rettwned
servicemen themselves. These
Honor Morris Fishman
programs will be conducted each
Franklin Life Insurance Co. of evening,. except Saturday and
Springfield, Ill., announces that Sunday, through Monday, March
12.
March has been
set as Fishman
All sessions and discussion
Month in honor
groups of the Institute will be
of Morris Fish-
open free to the public.
man, local gen-
eral agent, with
Jascha Schwartzman
off ices at 807
Lafayette Bldg.
Is Symphony Soloist
This observ-
ance marks the
Jascha Schwartzman, cellist
33rd year of Mr.
extraordinary and long-tirne
Fishman's active
member of the Detroit Sym-
service in the in-
phony Orchestra, is the soloist
surance business. M. Fishman
chosen by Karl
Mr. Fishman is prominent in
Krueger for the
local community activities and is
March 3 concert.
especialy active in the United
DVorak V i .o -
Hebrew Schools • and its Minyanirn
loncell o Concer-
in the David W: Simons and Rose
to as /played by
Sittig Cohen Branches.
Schwartzman,
will be heard
on the Mutual
Noted, Sport` Figures
network as will
To Attend Marshall
the excerpts
from the In-
Lodge. Affair-Tuesday
Schwartzman cidental M u s i c
for "Peer Gynt" by Grieg. The
Celebrities of the sports world Sibelius Legend from the Kale-
will be the guests of Louis Mar-
shall Lodge of Bnai Brith, Tues- vala, "The Swan of Tuonela"
day, in the Educational Center, and the "Nutcracker" Suite by
Linwood at Lawrence, at 8:30 Tschaikovsky will complete that
evening's program.
p. m.
Manuel Hellman, the chair-
Just 2 drops Penetro
man of the conTrnittee in charge,
Nose Drops in each
says members may bring guests.
nostril help you
breathe
freer almost
It is expected that among the
instantly. Relieve the
speakers will be Charles E.
head cold nasal misery.
Only 25c-2'4 times as
`Gus" Dorais, councilman, coach
much for 50c. Caution:
of the Detroit Lions football
Use only as directed.
Penetro Nose Drops
team; Jack A. Adams, of the
Red Wings hockey team, and
Phillip "Cincy" Sachs, Center
basketball coach. Motion pict-
BUSINESS
ures will be shown and refresh-
or
ments served.
INDIVIDUAL

Pfc. Charles Katz, 21, is hOs-
pitalized in. France as a result o`f
shrapnel wounds in the thighs
which he sustained on Nov. 22,
during a German raid in Bel-
gium. However, his parents,- Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Katz of 2928
Doris Ave., have learned that he
expects to return to action short-
ly.
Pfc. Katz, who received the
Purple Heart, is both an excellent
student and an. accomplished ath-
lete. While in the 8th grade at
Post School he was awarded a
dictionary by the Detroit News
in a city-wide spelling contest:
After graduation from Commerce
High in 1941, he entered Wayne
University, majoring in govern-
ment. He lacked one semester's
work toward his degree at the
time of his. induction in April,
1943. He won several athletic
medals. .
First stationed in Wyoming,
then -at Camp McCoy, Wis., he
was transferred . .to Michigan
_ State College _ where he studied
languages, excelling in Spanish.
He was shipped to England with
an infantry division in Septem-
ber, 1944 and from there was
sent to France.
One brother, Sam, is a pharma-
cist in the navy, and a second
brother, Harry, is a private first
class in the marines. Sam, who
has been serving- 1m a troop trans-
port, is now resting in Virginia,
and Harry is stationed in Kins-
ton, N. C.

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