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VOLUME 19—No. 4
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Pfc. Mandell Yuster Killed
Community Mourns Death of
First Detroit Jewish GI in Korea
By FRANK SIMONS
Five fatal words in a telegram they received March
29—"We regret to inform you"—spelled heartbreak for
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Yuster, of 11331 Dexter, as the rest
of the message told how their son, Pfc. Mandell Yuster, was
killed in the raging battle for the recapture of Seoul on
March 16. The entire Jewish community shares in the
Yusters' sorrow and joins in mourning the sad fatality.
The 21-year-old soldier's death, the first Jewish fa-
tality from Detroit in the
Korean conflict, cut -short his
hopes of working his way to
the top in the steel industry.
Mandell had entered the busi-
ness of his brother-in-law, Sol
Eisenberg, of Warrington Dr.,
only a short time before he
was recalled to service with
the army last November.
Although Mandell had been in
Korea for six weeks, serving
with the 1st Cavalry Division
(assigned to the infantry), the
telegram was the first his par-
ents knew that he was in Com-
bat. He had sent cheery notes
home, telling his parents not to
worry about him. He wrote them
he was having a "wonderful
time" at his Tokyo base.
His • three sisters, Mrs. Sot
Eisenberg, Mrs. Henry Miller and
Pfc. MANDELL YUSTER
Mrs. Zelda Axelrod, knew the truth. In letters to them he would
tell how rough the going was in Korea, and how he wished the
war would end quickly.
Mrs. Miller, who lives at 18500 Roselawn, received the last
letter from Mandell. It was delivered only two days before the
ill-fated telegram.
In it, Mandell told how he was enjoying a party with several
of his buddies. They were all on a 24-hour rest period behind
the front lines. He •told how he uncovered a few cans of beer
and how he and the boys had themselves a time. The follow-
ing day he was killed.
Good Student, All-Around Athlete
Mandell was graduated from Northern High School in 1948
and entered the University of Detroit only a short time before
he enlisted in the army. In high school he was an excellent
student and an all-around athlete. He won letters in football,
and played basketball, baseball and bowled for various teams in
Detroit. He played sandlot baseball during his summer vacations.
In the army almost two years, previous to his discharge in
1950, he was stationed at Fort Lawton, Wash., where he played
football for an army championship team. He also attended an
army finance school in St, Louis, In basic training he was a top
marksman and he would send medal upon medal home.
Little did -Mandell consider that only a few months after
his discharge, the army would call him back into service. In the
meantime he started work in the office of the Kenwal Products
Corp., which is owned by Eisenberg. He was going to learn the
business from bottom to tbp.
Mandell was one of the charter members of the Shaarey
Zedek Cub Scout troop, and later joined Shaarey Zedek's Boy
Scout troop. Although his family was not certain whether the
boy was an Eagle Scout (the highest rank in Scouting), they
brought out a sheaf of merit badges attesting to his enthusi-
asm and ability for Scouting.
New Record Set for Large Giving;
Aim to Attain $6,000,000 in 1951
An all-time record' in liberal giving to the great humanitarian
cause for the liberation of the oppressed in European and Moslem
countries and their settlement in Israel was set on Tuesday evening at
the opening dinner of the Allied Jewish Campaign at the Book-Cadillac.
Aiming to attain the highest goal in the ,history of local Allied Jewish
Campaign—a mark set at $6,000,000—a total exceeding $1,800,000 already has
been recorded and leaders in the drive are confident that the high goal aimed at
this year will be attained. At the close of Tuesday's dinner meeting it became
known that the publicly announced gifts totalled $1,620,000, but an additional
half dozen contributions which were not publicized at the time are known to
exceed the quarter million mark—boosting the total in the first week of solicitations
above the $1,800,000 mark.
Tuesday's meeting was generated by great enthusiasm caused by numerous large
increases in contributions. In one instance a 1950 gift of $16,000 was boosted to $26,000.
A 1950 gift of $200 was increased to $3,000. There were many other similar increases.
The dynamic chairmen of the special gifts division — Joseph Holtzman and
Louis Berry — were in charge of the solicitations at the dinner. Mr. Holtzman's
$46,000 gift; the $60,000 contribution of Abe Kasle, campaign chairman; the large gift
of $75,000 announced by Israel Davidson in behalf of Davidson Brothers; the tradi-
tional large gifts of the Winemans, the Hamburger, the Solomons and scores of oth-
ers, served to inspire liberality. But the very large gifts were not the only inspirations.
Many in the smaller brackets exerted themselves in giving for the numerous causes
included in the drive—for the great overseas cause and for the local and national
movements included in the campaign.
Samuel Rubiner, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, presided at the
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meeting. A brief address was delivered by Mr. Kasle who predicted that "1951 will be
the best year" in Detroit campaigns. Mrs. John C. Hopp, chairman of the Women's Di-
vision, announced that the women's drive will open next Wednesday. The principal ad-
dresses were . delivered by Mr. Justice William 0. Douglas of the U. S. Supreme Court
and Dr. Jonah S. Wise, national co-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, major
beneficiary of the Allied Jewish Campaign.
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Formal approval by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission of the flotation of the $500,000,000
Israel Bond Issue in this country, on March 29, legalizes
the immediate inauguration of the bond drive.
Committees for the sale of bonds, which is expected
to start on May 1, are being formed throughout the land.
In Detroit, the bond drive will be conducted under the
chairmanship of Max Osnos, with Edwin L. Mayer as
manager. Local offfices have been established on the 22nd
floor of the David Stott Building.
In New York City, Benjamin Abrams, president of
Emerson Radio and Phonograph Corp., has been named
chairman of the bond drive.
Morris Jacobs is chairman of the Zionist Organization
bond drives in Michigan.
Detailed Stories on Page 17
Federation Election Monday;
Also to Vote on Amendments
Just Like Him—First in Everything
In his high school days, Mandell was a member of Perfection
Chapter, of the junior Masonic order, Demolay. Before his re-
call, he had joined the newly-formed Rex Lodge, Bnai Brith.
Mandell, the youngest of the Yusters' four children and their
only son, was always referred to as the "baby"—even during his
' length of service in the army. When the Yusters learned their
son was the first Jewish boy from Detroit to be killed in Korea,
they exclaimed tearfully, "that was just like him, first in every-
thing."
Mr. Yuster, who has lived in Detroit 47 years, is in the sheet
metal business. He is vice-president of Beth Moses Synagogue, of
which Mandell was also a member.
SEC Approves Israel's
$500, 000, 000 Bond Issue
DR. JONAH B. WISE,
who inspired the Allied
Jewish Campaign work-
ers at the dinner Tuesday
evening,
At the annual meeting of the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion, on Monday evening, at the Woodward Jewish Center,
contributors to the Allied Jewish Campaign will vote on
amendments to the Federation constitution, texts of which
were published last week, and will elect nine members-at-
large to the Federation board of governors from the fol-
lowing nominees:
Selectees of the nominating committee:
Joseph Bernstein, Irwin I. Cohn, Rabbi Leon Fram,
William Friedman, Mrs. John C. Hopp, Henry Meyers,
Morris L. Schaver, Ben L. Silberstein and Barney Smith.
Nominated by petitions: Mrs. Samuel A. Green, A. C.
Lappin, Morris Lieberman, Mrs. Charles D. Solovich and
Irving W. Schlussel.
Four member agencies of the Federation also will elect
directors at this meeting.
Detailed Story, Page 24; Editorial, Page 4