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Marwil Meets
Jewish Refugees
on Tokyo Tour

THE JEWISH NEWS

Sgt. R. A. Miller

Gets Bronze Star
For Heroism

For heroism in evacuating

Detroit Naval Commander prisoners of war and Allied in-
ternees from Bilibid Prison on
Learns .laps Want Gen.
Luzon in the Philippines, and
Mac Arthur to Stay

supervising their- loading into
vehicles amid confusion and in-
tense fire, S/Sgt. M. Richard A.
Miller was awarded the Bronze
Star, it was learned this week.
Date of his feat was Feb: 5,
1945, and his award covered his
outstanding record in connection
with military op-
erations against
the enemy on
Bouganville, the
Solomons a n
o n Luzon. H e
received it on
July 19.
S/Sgt. Miller,
in the service
f our years, 27
months overseas, ....
served with the S/Sgt. Miller
medical division of the Ohio 37th,
in the S-2 and S-3, military in-
telligence, special service, medico,
information, education and public
relations.
S/Sgt. Miller is now awaiting
transportation to the States from
Luzon.
His brother, Jerome F., served
in the Air Corps two years and
after his discharge entered the
University of Missouri.
S/Sgt. Miller is the husband of
the former Cecile Goodman, arid
the son of Mrs. Bernard J. Cop-
ley and Mr. I. Miller.

There are about 100 Jews in
Tokyo and about 300 in Yoka-
hama, writes Thomas B. Marwil,
Commander (M.C.), U. S. Naval
Reserve, in a letter to The Jew-
ish News.
Commander Marwil gatlae.Qd
this information from an aged
couple, while on tour in the town
of Kamikura, former capital of
Japan in the 13th and 14th cen-
turies, eight miles from Yokas-
uka, large Japanese naval base.
After explaining to the couple
that he was Jewish, Mar wil
learned that they left Germany
in 1937, going directly to Japan
where the husband opened an
artificial flower manufacturing
business.
The couple's daughter, an at-
tractive woman about 30 who
like her parents, showed evidence
of loss Of weight, spoke good
English and Japanese and reveal-
ed that she was married to a
Japanese movie actor.
From these people, Marwil
learned that the Japanese did not
know how badly the war was
going for them until the loss of
Saipan in June 1944. Their 'feel-
ings that the American conquer-
ors would enslave them disap-
peared gradually after Gen. Mac-
Arthur's forces moved in.
"Now the people want Mac-
Arthur to stay indefinitely be-
cause they think he will protect
them from their own militarists.
for
However, deep in their hearts
they carry the idea of revenge,"
Pfc. Louis Sidney Mitchell,
Marwil writes.
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Mitchell,
Marwil at the time he wrote 4075 Elmhurst, was awarded the
this letter said that he hoped to
• • Bronze Star for
be able to visit the synagogue
heroic achieve-
there.
ment in connec-
tion with mili-
16 Months in Pacific,
tary operations
in Germany on
S/c Miller on Leave
%1 April 11, 1945.
.**?
As a mortar
George Miller, seaman first
g unner he
class, is spending a 30-day leave
d emonstra t-
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
ed outstanding
Harry Miller of 1635 W. Euclid.
courage, S kill
Miller recent-
Pfc. Mitchell and dependabil-
y returned
home after serv- ity in placing fire on enemy
ing 16 months in positions and enabling his com-
the Pacific. He pany to gain advantageous
is 20. He entered ground.
His wife, Lena, and daughter,
the navy two
years ago. He at- Karen, who live at 11845 La
tended Northern Salle await his return soon.
high school and
w a s employed
Altman
1-c Miller by the post of-
fice when he enlisted.

Pfc. Mitchell Given
Courage
Medal

Pfc.
Shifted
To Army Radio Staff

SISgt. Bill Ellmann
In Hawaii as Army
War Correspondent

HEADQUARTERS, ARMY AIR
FORCE, Middle Pacific — Staff
Sergeant William M. Ellmann of
Highland Park, Mich., Army war
correspondent, is now on duty
with the Army Air Force in the
Hawaiian Islands.
Sgt. Ellmann has just completed
tours of duty with Army Air
Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas; and
the United States Army Strate-
gic Air Forces. He entered the
service in September, 1942, and
came overseas in December, 1944.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James I. Ellmann, reside at 55
Connecticut Ave., Highland Park.
A brother, Richard, is in the
Navy in England.

JDC Clothes to Amsterdam
NEW YORK—To meet t h e
hardships of the especially severe
winter which threatens the health
of the surviving Jews of Europe,
the Joint Distribution Committee
is rushing warm clothing to desti-
tute Jews in various parts of
Europe. Latest shipment from
New York to Amsterdam includes
2,430 sets of men's underwear,
1,152 men's undershirts, 9,650
pairs of hosiery for men, women
and children, and 1,194 women's
sweaters.

According to word received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
man Altman of 2511 Taylor, Pfc.
Seymour S. Altman has been as-
signed to the an-
nouncing staff
of the American
Forces R adio
station in Frank-
furt, Germany.
Overseas since
January, he was
a radio code
operator with
the 609th Field
Artillery B a t-
Pfc. Altman talion and saw
combat with the Seventh and
Third armies in Austria and Ger-
many. When hostilities. ceased,
Pfc. Altman was transferred to
the Special Services Division of
his battalion and helped to enter-
tain the troops in his area.
He was working on a new skit
when called to Army Forces Net-
work Headquarters in Paris, and
given his present assignment in
Frankfurt.
Before entering the service,
Pfc. Altman attended Wayne
University and was active in the
University's Theater and Radio
Guilds. He was also on the an-
nouncing staff of Station WJBK.

Sam Klein led the Brooklyn
College team to a 13-7 win over
Mass. State last week. Sam is the
boy who started at B. C., was
lured away by Kentucky, and
then decided to return home.

Maj. Max Lapides,
Kin of Detroiters,
Earns Bronze Star

Friday, November 2, 1945

Legion Chief Visits
Lt. Lehman's Grave

.

Now Engaged in Disarming
German Air Force; in
Service 42 Months

NINTH AIR FORCE Service
Command Station, Fulda, Ger-
many—Maj. Max Lapides has
been awarded the Bronze Star
for meritorius service in 'connec-
tion with military operations
against the enemy. The presenta-
tion was made by Col. P. D.
Coates, commanding officer of
the 1st Air Disarmament Wing
(Prov).
Maj. Lapides is chief of the
Administrative Intelligence Sec-
tion of the Wing which is cur-
rently engaged
in the disarma-
ment of the Ger-
man Air Force
in an assigned
section of the
American occu-
pied territory.
He is a mem-
ber of the bar of
the State of New
York and prac-
ticed law before Maj. Lapides
joining the legal staff of the
R.F.C. He has five brothers, Jack
Henry, Lester, Charles S. and
Hillie Lapides, who reside in De-
troit.
It took great resourcefulness
and team, work to demobilize- the
Luftwaffe as our army rolled
across Germany and with the ar-
rival of V-E day it became the
important task of the Disarma-
ment Units to place under our
control all plants, aircraft fact-
ories, warehouses a n d other
places producing or storing any
type. of German aircraft equip-
ment or parts. Once under Al-
lied control all material had to
be examined, classified, and those
items of value for research pur-
poses shipped on to the United
States to undergo further study
by experts.
Maj. Lapides entered the army

Lillian Schwartz

Overseas 16 Mos.
With Red Cross

Detroit Girl in Philippines
Writes Glowing Reports
of Aid to GIs

Lt. Peter Lehman was the old-
est son of Herbert Lehman, for-
mer governor of New York and
now head of UNRRA. An ex-
football star, young. Lehman
joined up with the Royal Cana-
dian Air Force, then transferred
to the American Air Force. He
had 57 missions as a pilot to his
credit when he crashed. He won
the Air Medal, three Oak Leaf
clusters, and the Distinguished
Flying Cross. He rests now, un-
der the Star of David, somewhere
in England.
EDWARD N. SCHEIBERLING,
National Commander of the
American Legion, while on a
tour of inspection of American
military cemeteries in England,
offered his personal tribute to
this gallant airman who had died
in the service of our country.

three and one half years ago.
Overseas 28 months, he has seen
service in England, France, Lux-
embourg and Germany. He holds
the ETO Ribbon with one battle
star for having participated in
the Central European campaign.
Maj. Lapides is a native of
Rochester, N. Y., and the son of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Lapides of that city. Before en-
tering the service, he was at-
torney for the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. in Washington.
An honor graduate of the Uni-
versity of Buffalo, he was grad-
uated from Yale Law School and
was a member of the faculty with
the rank of research assistant in
the Yale Law School and the In-
stitute of. Human Relations in
New Haven,. Conn.

Lillian Schwartz, daughter of
Mi. and Mrs. Max Schwartz,
3236 Webb, has been overseas
16 months with the American
Red Cross. At
present she is
club director at
Cyclone Center,
American R e.d
Cr o s s Service-
men's Club in
Maraquina, 12
miles northeast
of Manila, in
the Philippines.
Miss Schwartz
Miss Schwartz also has served
in New Guinea and Australia.
Miss Schwartz writes glowing
reports of her activities and .
especially the reception given
Red Cross recreation facilities
by GIs. She rejoined the 38th
the Philippine
Division in
Islands and was given a royal
welcome. She attended Rosh
Hashanah services in Rizal Sta-
dium in Manila. She writes:
"It was quite an experience to
be there worshipping in a
bombed building with the rain
pouring down on us from the
holes in the roof. During the
service someone tapped me on
the shoulder and turning around,
to my very great surprise there
sat Alvin August and Jerome
Arfa (both from Detroit). Satur-
day morning I went to the
Orthodox services held at the
Jewish Welfare Board."

Tubby Feldman, the Brooklyn
boy with Tufts U., is showing
New England fans a brand of
football they like. In the final
game of the season against Bos-
ton University Feldman romped
through the opposition's line for
his club's- first four touchdowns. -

FRANKENSTEEN

Will GET THINGS DONE!

DETROIT NEEDS A MAYOR WHO

WILL WORK...A MAYOR OF ACTION!

Let's Have FRANKENSTEEN And We WM Have

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ACTION...
ACTION

...

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