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THE JEWISH NEWS
-Sgt. Earl Hordes Praises
Hospitality of European Jews
S/Sgt. Earl Hordes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Hordes of Cal-
vert Ave., who was here for a
brief visit with his family after
an absence of two years on over-
seas duty, spoke in glowing
terms of the Jewish communities
in North Africa and Italy where
a royal welcome was given the
; GIs from America.
Serving in Africa, Sicily and
Italy, S/Sgt. Hordes attended
services in synagogues in Tunis,
Ferryville near Bizerte and Leg-
horn, and became acquainted
--- with the Jewish customs in those
Communities. "The Jews there
are hospitable, and the GIs ap-
preciate it," he said.
Entering active service in July,
1942, S/Sgt. Hordes, who is a
graduate of Central High School
- and Wayne University, has the
EAMET (European African Mid-
dle Eastern Theater) medal with
three campaign stripes. He was
also awarded the Good Conduct
Medal.
At Anzio, he met Blair Moody
when the Detroit News corres-
pondent was overseas.
When the news was flashed, in
Stars and Stripes of the entrance
of the Jewish Brigade into battle
against the Nazis,. Jews and non-
Chaplain Describes
Cpl. Burton's Help
At Hawaiian Post
It was with great pride that
Mr. and Mrs. William Burton;
9359 Broadstreet, read the letter
sent to them by Chaplain Myron
Silverman, who is stationed in
the Hawaiian Islands. He writes:
"I want you to know how
pleased I am to have Herman as
my clerk, . and
to all intentso
a n d purposes,
assistant. H e
has been a great
help and I am,:
grateful to him
for his loyalty
and willingness
to relieve me of
so many tasks.
He served as a
Hebrew teacher Cpl. Burton
once for a few days when a
young soldier wanted to learn
to read.
"He has made a host of friends
for himself and I am frank to
admit that I benefit by his pop-
ularity among the men as well."
. Cpl. Burton was the announcer
for a 15 minute broadcast of the
traditional Passover services
which Nvas brought to the Jewish
soldiers stationed in Hawaii and
throughout the far-flung battle-
fields of the Pacific,
He is married to the former
Rosyln Friedman, who with their
daughter resides with her par-
ents at 2463 Elmhurst.
Capt. M. Feldstein Awarded
Bronze Star for MedicalW of*
Jews alike were inspired by the
information, S/Sgt. Hordes said.
The itineraries of the two sons
S/Sgt. Hordes expressed grati-
tude over the regular arrival of of Mrs. Caroline Weiss, 4095 Cle-
ments have been very similar.
The Jewish News at his various
At one point the brothers, Pfc.
Arthur and Sgt. Harold, were
united in Nancy, France, for a
two-day period while Arthur
was on divisional rest. The meet-
ing took place in early March.
Pfc. Weiss, was slightly wound-
ed on March 26 in Germany and
was shipped back to a base hospi- 7
tal in France where he was con-
fined for several weeks. He has
received the Purple Heart.
Arthur, 20, entered the army
in August, 1943, after being grad-
uated from Central High the pre-
vious June. He trained with
the infantry at Ft. Benning, Ga.,
was sent to Indiana University,
and in September, 1944 went
overseas. He has seen combat
duty with the Seventh Army.
Entered Army in 1942
Sgt. Weiss, 29, formerly chief
interviewer with the USES and
a student of Wayne University,
S/SGT. EARL HORDES
posts. "It was a most welcome was inducted in January, 1942,
message from home," he stated.
After a brief visit here he left
for Florida where his wife, the
former Betty Porvin to whom he
was married on Jan. 30, 1941, is
presently making her home.
•• •
Pfc. Lefkofsky Writes
of Army's Policy Dealing
With German Civilians
Pfc. - Harold Lefkofsky, 20,
who is with an artillery unit at-
tached to an infantry division
stationed in Germany, writes of
his experiences with German
civilians.
It is the policy of the Amer-
ican Army to provide comfort-
able living quarters for its sold-
iers at the expense of the resi-
idents of t h e
various towns.
It is no more
than right. Out-
side of getting
places to sleep
for us, nobody
has anything to
do with the Ger-
man civilians. I ];
think it is a
good policy, for
why. should we
feel sorry for Lefkofsky
them after all that they have
done," he writes.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
M. Lefkofsky, 4014 Cortland, he
is a graduate of Central High
and was a student at the High-
land Park Junior College at the
time of his induction in April,
1943.
He received his basic training
at Ft. Sill, Okla, and attended
Morningside College for f our
months.
Marrano Reminiscences
Maj. flack Describes Seder
Which Recalls Inquisition
A letter from Major Morton
Hack which describes a Seder
that he attended somewhere in
France, brings to mind the
period of the Spanish Inquisition
when the Marranos held clan-
destine services in basement
hideouts.
"The other night, I attended a
Seder," he writes. "During the
service, the head of the house,
a professor, spoke of the contrast
between this year and last.
Then they held the service in a
cellar, one ear listening for the
fcotsteps that
could foretell
their doom, no
candles, no
matzo s, little
food.
"He remarked
that as they re-
cited the tradi-
tional words of
t h e Israelite
slaves o f the MW:
Pharoahs, 'This
Maj. Hack
year we are slaves, next year we
shall be free,' they little knew
Weiss Brothers
Meet in France;
Harold With AMG
Friday, May 4, 1945
PFC. ARTHUR SGT. HAROLD
and also trained at Ft. Benning,
later attending the ASTP at
Indiana University, majoring in
German. In April, 1944, he was
shipped to England, later to
France and arrived in Germany
with the European Civilian Af-
fairs Division early in April this
year.
In a letter to his family, Sgt.
Weiss writes: "This is the letter
I have been wanting to write
ever since I got into the army.
I'm in Germany, practically in
the heart of it. If you have fol-
lowed the newspapers recently
you should have a fairly good
idea where I am."
Raised American Flag
Q
Technically speaking, we are
the Military Government. I
personally put the American
Flag up on the Rathaus—with
the help of one of the Germans
who stayed behind to be here
when we came in.
"The house we live in is one of
the few remaining buildings in
the city. Luckily, it was own-
ed by some big Nazi and was
just loaded with the finest of
everything. It is on the general
pattern of Kohner's house on
Lincolnshire Dr. except that it
is strictly German in architec-
ture and design and in thorough-
ness of small details. I'm sleep-
ing between sheets again, and
we have two maids and a garage
mechanic."
Pfc. Cohen Describes
Night of Horror in
a Tomb on Okinawa
Pfc. Sam Cohen of 2662 Monte-
rey recently spent the night in
an Okinawa tomb, but lived to
that this year, in fact, they would tell the tale: Caught in the middle
be free. His sister commented of a Japanese counterattack,
later, 'Always we waited for you Cohen and his buddies fought to
and this year you came'."
stave off the enemy.
Major Hack tells of a French
The attack finally was broken
lieutenant who works for him: up when one of the men lobbed
"This fellow had been imprison- an unexploded Jap mortar shell
ed by the Germans for 33 days back into their lines. The next
during which time he was morning Cohen counted 22 dead
punched in the nose every half- J aps around the tomb.
hour until his face was so
"I thought we would never see
swollen that he could not be daylight," he said.
recognized. The crime alleged?
Pfc. Cohen is the son of the
That he was a Jew. He isn't."
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Cohen. He
Major Hack writes of his meet- has two brothers in service.
ing Sgt. Sammy Babcock of
Detroit.
Albert Sperka Assists
The son of Mr. and Mrs. N. Chaplain Morris Adler
Hack of 2750 Oakman Ct., he had
Chaplain Morris Adler, who is
been associated with his father somewhere in the Philippines,
in the Hack Shoe Co. With the this week informed The Jew-
Air Corps, he is a Special Ser- ish News that Albert Sperka of
vice Officer.
Brooklyn, nephew of Rabbi J. S.
Major Hack, 36, has been over- Sperka of Detroit, has been as-
seas for more than a year and signed to act as his assistant.
a half. He entered service in
Pvt. Sperka, it will be recall-
July, 1941. His wife and two ed, was acting chaplain at Fort
children are making their home Brady, near Sault Ste. Marie, be-
in Florida for the duration.
fore being sent overseas.
The possibilities of recovery
from battle wounds in this war
are miraculously good as a re-
sult of the skill and devotion of
the members of
the medical
corps. Capt.
Martin Z. Feld-
stein is among
those who have
been awarded
the Bronze Star
Medal for con-
tributing to this
healing f or c e.
He is serving
with the Third Capt. Feldstein
Army somewhere in Germany.
The citation which accompanied
the award given Captain Feld-
stein declares that it was "For
meritorious service in connec-
tion with military operations
against an enemy of the United
States from June 23, 1944, to
March 21, 1945. Capt. Feldstein
served as Thoracic Surgeon of
the 34th Evacuation Hospital, dis-
tinguishing himself by his out-
standing • performance of duty.
This officer's professional skill
and his loyal, untiring devotion
to duty reflect great credit upon
himself and the military service."
Capt. Feldstein, in a letter to
his family writes of his satisfac-
tion at seeing Germany destroy-
ed: "Can you conceive a normal
person deriving pleasure out of
sights of misery and destruction?
Well, I did. You drive through
what was once a good sized com-
munity and all you see is rubble.
Sweet revenge. A whole city de-
stroyed by methods first intro-
duced by the Nazis. jtt makes you
feel that at least they are paying
a price. Perhaps it is just as well
that this war last a little longer
so that what is still untouched
may also be destroyed."
Formerly a practicing surgeon
in Detroit, he is a graduate of
the University of Michigan and
its Medical School and interned
at Harper Hospital. He has been
in service since November, 1942,
and overseas since January, 1944.
Capt. Feldstein had resided
with his brother, Herman, at 746
Collingwood Ave. Another broth:-
er, Samuel, and four sisters—
Mrs. P. Pizer, Mrs. J. Winberg,
Mrs. B. Barack and Mrs. B. Rich
—also reside in Detroit.
Pvt. Mike Shorr
To Go Overseas
Reuben Silver Gets
Navy Commission
Pvt. Michael Shorr's radio ex-
perience proved useful when a
broken back he suffered in a
fall from a tower at Ft. Lewis,
Wash., made it imperative that
he be transferred to the Special
Services Division. He originally
had been a combat engineer.
Pvt. Shorr, 19, is the son of
Mrs. Mary Shorr, of 2744 Glad-
stone. Prior to entering service
on Aug. 8, 1944, he had been em-
ployed as a radio announcer and
appeared in two programs, "Corn
Till Morn" on WJBK and "Early
Morning Frolics".
While hospitalized ., for four
months, he wrote a comedy re-
vue in which the soldier patients
participated.
Pvt. Shorr, home on furlough,
leaves this week for Ft. Lewis
where he will report for an over-
seas assignment.
Pvt. Wispe. Hospitalized;
Saw Service in Five Lands
Pvt. Leonard Wispe, 18, has
been in a hospital in Wales since
Feb. • 12, suffering from the ef-
fects of Trench Feet. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris
Wispe of 2967 Richton Ave.
A graduate of Central High,
::class of June,
.'44, he entered
service Aug. 16.
After 17 weeks
of training at
Camp Robinson,
Ark., he was
sent overseas in
„January. Dur-
ing his month
overseas, he
saw service in
Pvt. Wispe England,
France, Luxembourg, Belgium
and Germany.
-
Ens. Reuben Silver, son of Mr.
and 1VIrs. Harold Silver, 3307
Fuller on, has just been grad-
uated from the
USNR Midship-
men's School at
Columbia U n
versity wher e
he received h i s
commission.
Ens. Silver
was active in
the Yiddish
Schools and is
known as one of
the best dra-
matic readers in Ens. Silver
Yiddish in the city.
After spending a few days
at the home of his parents, he
left for Miami Beach, Fla., for
his new assignment.
Jewish Marines Hold
Services at Iwo Jima
IWO JIMA, (JTA)—The first
Jewish services to be held for
Marines of the Fourth Division
recently were celebrated here.
The service was conducted by
Lt. W. Rosenberg of New Yprk
City, formerly Jewish student
advisor at the University of
Pennsylvania, and veteran of the
Marine campaigns in the Mar-
shall and Marianas _Islands.
Capt. Cohen Overseas,
Awaits New Transfer
Capt. Abraham L. Cohen re-
cently has arrived at a strategic
air force station in England and
soon will be transferred to a
permanent station in, a combat
zone.
Prior to entering the service,
he maintained dental offices at
8786 Linwood. His wife, Barbara
Z. Cohen, resides in Detroit.
Sgt. Jaffee Recovers From 2d Wound,
Gets Two New Awards; Back in Action
S/Sgt. Irving Jaffee has had
the misfortune of being wound-
ed twice, but has recovered and
is back now with his outfit in
Germany. He
has been award-
ed the Purple
Heart for the
second time and
has also re-
ceived the Com-
bat Infantry
Award.
In service
four years, he
has been over-
seas since Sept.
5, 1943. He took S/Sgt. Jaffee
his basic training at Camp Polk,
La. He had been in England
for nine months prior to his
participation in the invasion of
Normandy, having gone over on
D-Day plus six.
First wounded at St. Lo, he
was returned to England for
hospitalization. After four months
A a patient, he became a physi-
cal instructor at the hospital and
remained two more months.
Upon his return to his outfit he
was promoted to staff sergeant.
He was wounded again at Co-
logne and was hospitalized for
several weeks in Belgium.
With the "Third Armored
Spearhead Division," command-
ed by the late Gen. Rose, since
it was activated in 1941, he
served for three years as an anti-
aircraft gunner in a tank de-
stroyer battalion, but was trans-
ferred to the infantry when the
battalion was dissolved a month
before D-Day.
S/Sgt. Jaffee, 28, is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jaffee of
2612 Sturtevant. He is married
to the former Lila Barnett, who
with their son Kenneth, 1, re-
sides at 3286 Richton.
A brother, Pfc. Herman, is sta-
tioned at FL - Lewis, Wash.