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Friday, April 5, 1946

THE JEWISH NEWS

Sgt. Hirshfield's Money Trouble

Stands to Lose $53 in Deal
For $278,000 (Chinese Cash)

HQ. ARMY AIR FORCES, SHANGHAI,—S/Sgt. Sanford Jack
Hirshfield of Detroit, seems to be having money troubles. He holds
banknotes amounting to $200,000 in Chinese currency, or roughly
U. S. $100. What bothers him is
the story behind these two
In the short while he had. been
away, Chinese national currency
moneys.
had cheapened considerably, and
While in Shanghai with the one American dollar was now
AAF liaison team, Sgt. Hirshfield worth C. N. $2,200. In other
took advantage of an I & E tour
words, although he had spent
and. went up to only U. S. $56 out of his original
Peiping, China's U. S. $200, the C. N. $200,000 he
ancient capital, had left would bring him over
on leave. Be- the exchange counter only U. S.
cause he planned $91—meaning
a loss of U. S. $53,
to get a few or almost as much as he had
souvenirs for the spent on his Peiping tour.
folks at home, he
As the Shanghai money mar-
exchanged U. S. ket fluctuates from day to day,
$200 over a Sgt. Hirshfield spends his time
Shanghai bank- contemplating the beauty of
counter at the China's banknote design, and hop-.
Sgt. Hirshfield r ate of C. N. ing that a sudden drop in the ex-
$1,390 to U. S. $1. He felt rich as change will enable him to avoid
his pockets bulged with the bulk any loss.
and weight of C. N. $278,000.
Sgt. Hirshfield joined the AAF
In Peiping, Sgt. Hirshfield in April, 1943, and arrived –over-
found there was little he could seas in August, 1945. His tour of
buy. So he spent C. N. $78,000, or duty carried him through India to
U.. S. $56. Back in Shanghai, China over "The Hump." He was
where American money is pre- assigned 'to the AAF liaison team
ferred to any other currency, he when the Hq. AAF moved to
had the shock of his life.
Shanghai in October, 1945.

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JWV Leader on Tour
,,For UJA Fund After
Survey of Germany

Alfred Fleishman, national di-
rector of the public relations de-
partment of the Jewish War Vet-
erans of the United States, has
been granted a three months'
leave of absence by the -execti-
'live committee of JWV for the
purpose of touring the country
on behalf of the $100,000,000
campaign of the United Jewish
Appeal.
Fleishman recently returned
from Germany where, as the
head of a team of the American
Jewish Conference of which JWV
is a member s he made a survey
of the psychological, physical
and economic conditions of the
displaced and stateless Jews in
the American occupied zone.

Rabbi Adlr Named

Chaplain for. JWV

Harry Madison, state depart-
Ment commander of the Jewish.
War Veterans, announces the apl*
pointment of Rabbi Morris Adler
of the Cong. Shaarey Zedek • as
chaplain of the State Department
of Michigan.
Rabbi Adler has seen extensive
military service in the Pacific area
as Army chaplain and is familiar
with GI and veterans' problems.
Announcement also has been
made of the formation of a Jewish
Veterans' chaplains group within
the national organization of the
JWV.

Dr. Shulman Discharged

Dr. Albert B. Shulman has
been released from active ser-
vice with the Army Dental
Corps, after three years of duty.
Dr. and Mrs. Shulman and
family now are residing at 19488
Tracy Ave.

Elson Legion Post
Seeking Members

The third meeting of the newly
formed Calvin-Stanley Elson Post
of the American Legion took place
at the Veteran's Building April 3.
The Post was dedicated in mem-
ory. of Calvin and Stanley Elson
who were killed overseas.
Members of the post average
four years service with approxi-.
mately two years overseas duty.
Their former rank ranges in the
Army from private to captain and
in the Navy from seaman first-
class to lieutenant (s.g.). The
charter members have been dec-
orated with Silver Stars, Air Med-
al, Bronze Star, Purple Hearts,
the American Defense Ribbon and
all three Theater Riblions, aver-
aging three Major Battle Stars per
man plus Philippine Liberation
Ribbons and the Presidential and
Unit Citations.
Newly elected officers are' Al-
len B. Schmier, commander; Har-
old S. Norman and Fred Pollak,
vice-commanders; adjutant, Er-
win R. Lachman; - finance officer,
Allen Stiglitz; sergeant-at-arms,
Abe Cahn; historian, Bernard
Lipson.
This Post is open to veterans
of both World Wars. All men in-
terested may call Allen Schmier
at the Civil Division of the Prose-
cutor's Office, RA. 2370, or Har-
old Norman, RA. 0446.

HIAS Opens Polish Offices
Offices of the Hebrew Shelter-
ing. and Immigrant Aid Society
(HIAS) have been opened in
Warsaw, Lodz and Cracow, Po-
land. Large groups of Jews who
wish to emigrate are seeking
their help, according to a cable
received at the New York HIAS
from Dr. Henry Shoskes, over-
seas representative of HIAS.

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Arnold Margolis Ends
Dedicate Silverman JWV Post
35• Months Army Service

Arnold Margolis, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Margolis of 2706
Leslie, has been discharged after
35 months of active service. He.
spent 16 months
with the ETO
and has been
awarded three
battle stars. He
came home by
plane from In-
dianapolis after
receiving his re-
lease fr om the
army at Camp
A. Margolis Atterbury, Ind.
His brother, Herbert, recently
was discharged from the Navy.
His brother-in-law, Cpl. Morris
Novetsky, is serving with the
Chaplains' Corps in Japan.
Arnold and his wife, the for-
mer Sally Novetsky, will leave
this week for Florida where they
will spend their long-delayed
honeymoon.

Parents of Young War Hero
Installation Guests April 10

A solitary pill-box was holding
up a segment of the 28th "Bucket
of Blood" Division at, the ap-
proaches to the Siegfried Line.
The Lieutenant commanding the
platoon at the point summoned
a husky lad packing a. flame-
thrower on his back..
The kid moved forward under
the cracking of
machine gun
bullets—and that
was the last he'
was seen alive.
In his memory,
a group of. De-
troit veterans -of
World War II
have formed the
Sgt. Morton A
Silverman Post,L
No. 418 of the Sgt. Silverman
Jewish War Veterans of the U. S.
Honored Guests
Dr. Colvin Associated
At the installation, on April
10, at the Statler Hotel, the,
With Drs. Witus, Spiro
honored guests will be his par-
Dr. Wallace Colvin, optome- ents, Meyer and Celia Silverman,
and his sister, Eileen, of 2901
trist, is associated with Dr. Mor- Grand.
ris 'Witus, physician and sur-
Not quite 21 at the time of his
geon, and Dr. Andrew Spiro, death, Silverman had been a life-
long resident of Detroit where
dentist at 9036 Dexter.
Dr. Colvin has just returned
from 15 months service in Italy
where he was assigned to the
154th Station Hospital in charge
of the eye . clinic. He originally
was stationed in Detroit and con-
ducted eye examinations at the
Detroit Induction' Station for
Military Authorities in U. S.
more than a year.
Silent on Stuttgart
At Fort Eustis, Va., he was
associated with the National Re-
Camp Incident
search Council, a group of noted
scientists from Dartmouth and
NEW YORK .(JTA) — Judge
proWn Universities, who were Simon H. Rifkind, who until re-
conducting research the fieldS
of stereoscopic vision and eye cently was adviser on. Jewish af
fairs to the U. S. command in
problems for the U. S. Army.
Germany, said this week that "as
long as German police are used
Times Photographs
in centers for Jewish displaced
Win National Honors
perscins, there will be violence."
In a letter to Dr. Stephen S.
Another laurel was added to Wise, president of the W 6r 1 d
the list of national accomplish- Jewish Congress, Judge Rifkind
ments by Detroit recently when recalled that he had recommend-
the Detroit Times won first prize ed to U. S. military authorities
in a national news photography that they recruit and train dis-
exhibition at Kent State Uni- placed Jews to act as a supple-
versity, Kent, 0. The Times pic- mentary police force in the Jew-
tures won • over these competi- ish DP centers. He lauded the
tors: Life Magazine, Associated order of Gen. Joseph T. McNar-
Press, New York Times, Chicago ney barring German police from
Sun, Cleveland News, New York entering Jewish camps. .
Daily Mirror, Canton Repository,
The Jewish War Veterans, in
Columbus Dispatch, Akron Bea- a telegrark to President Truman,
.con-Journal, New York Journal urged the President to order the
American, Los Angeles Daily withdrawal of German guards
News, Chicago Herald-American, from the Jewish centers.
Dayton Journal, Houston Post,
and others.
U. S. Military Authorities
The winning entries in the Mum on Stuttgart Fracas --
WASHINGTON (JTA) — High
Kent State University exhibition
were duplicates of those shown military authorities have refused
in The Detroit Times photo- to comment on the raid in the
graphic exhibit which concluded Stuttgart camp.. A spokesman for
Saturday, 'March 30, at the J. L. the Civil Affairs Division of. the
Hudson Co.
Army told the Jewish Tele-

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Rifkind Urges

Jewish Police at

Displaced Camps

he attended the Detroit Institute
of Technology after his gradua-
tion from Central High.
The speaker on April 10 will be
the young playwright and author,
Millard Lampell, whose movie
"A Walk in the Sun", is at the
Fox Theater this week.
Other guests will include De-
troit City Council President
George. Edwards, Judge John J.
Maher, Past Commander of the
Michigan Department of the
Catholic War Veterans, and De-
partment Commanders of the
American Legion, Veterans
of
Foreign Wars, Disabled American
Veterans, Amvets and AVC.
Caplan Commander
Silverman Post commander is
Capt. Seymour I. Caplan. The
installation committee is headed
by Dr. Milton L. Sorook, who
served on Guadalcanal and New
Guinea with the. 37th Portable
Surgical Hospital.
Other committee members in-
clude: Walter Klein, Maurice
Noyer, Dr. Joseph Grant, Dr.
Barney Israel, Harold Moran, Dr.
David Deats, Norman Wachter,
Lt. Col. Morton Hack and Harry
Kashtan.

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graphic Agency that no report
has been received from the mili-
tary authorities in Stuttgart, and
that no such report has been re-
quested.
A demand that summary ac-
tion be taken against all U. S.
Army personnel guilty of abuse
of discretion in the raid, was
yoiced'in a statement issued here
by Representative Einanuel Cel-
ler of New York. He -also urged
that German police "with their
Nazi methods" be summarily -
punished.

From Walter Winchell's Column
A comedian claims he has dis-
covered an absolutely worthless
joke! Too funny
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for radio and
not old enough for Bennett Cerf.

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