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THE ORIGINAL LAVIN ROOFING CO. First For Freedom Sleep Better On 58 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SBERTOB By BERNARD POSTAL and Gravel Felt, Composition Director of B'nai B'rith Information Roofing. NATURE'S SLUMBER Old roofs repaired and recoated Because the spirit of freedom and in Aleutians included Lt. Harold Roofs examined and liberty for all is an integral part of the Weisman of the Bronx. BED BOARD estimates given free of charge. religious and cultural tradition of FIRST man to bomb Rome was Lt. MAIN OFFICE AND YARD: Israel, the Jewish people is probably Sidney D. Gerstenfeld, of New York, Doctors call them "orthope- 1140-42-44 W. Roosevelt Road the only one that has converted an who released the first bombs to fall dic boards." Simply slip one MONroe 3186-3260 historic event associated with human on the Italian capital. between your spring and freedom FIRST American League baseball play- NIGHT PHONES: into an annual major religious mattress and oh how you'll festival. Passover, which is known as er to join the armed forces was ESTebrook 0734 - AUStin 3486 sleep. Ideal for invalids, Not connectedwith anyother frm using the nar Lavin. the Festival of Freedom, not only com- Hank Greenberg, now a captain, of memorates the liberation of the Jews the Detroit Tigers. and those with sacroiliac from Egyptian bondage, but is sym- FIRST all-American air raid on Eu- trouble. Don't lose vital bolic of the Jew's age-old defense of rope, over occupied Holland on July sleep when you can rest the rights and liberties of all men. 4, 1942, was made by squadron in well on these boards. Do ,VOICE BUILDER Today, when millions of Jewish men which Sgt. Chester Davis of New away with saggy springs, AND CORRECTION OF and women in uniform are fighting in York served as a gunner. oversoft beds. FIRST four-medal winner in American Voice Defects, Stuttering and the armies of the United Nations to free all peoples from oppression and Army in World War II was Lt. Mor- 24"x60" ------...... ---... $3.95 Stammering Can Be Corrected. slavery, it is appropriate to record the ris Berenson of Garfield, N. J. 30"x60" ------...... $4.95 list of "firsts" credited to Jewish men FIRST American troops to enter and women in the armed forces of the Algiers were led by Lt. Col. A. A. 36"x60" ------..-..--..... $5.75 TEURFS STUDIOS United States to date in World War II. Rosenberg. This list of those who have been first FIRST member of the WAVES to be Surgical Goods- 306 S. Wabash 1st Wabash Balcony for freedom is, of course, but a killed in line of duty was Elizabeth KIMBALL HALL HARrison 3994 preliminary compilation, based on Korensky of Philadelphia after whom material collected only by this writer. the Elizabeth Korensky B'nai B'rith MANDEL Women's unit in Philadelphia has NORTH SIDE FIRST to raise the American flag on been named. BROTHERS pre-war Japanese territory was Lt. FIRST American tank to enter Oran Kosher Home Col. Melvin Krulewitch of New York during invasion of North Africa was Strictly led by Corp. Bernard J. Kessel of CONGENIAL HOME City, who hoisted the Stars and on Namur Island during the New York. PEOPLE Stripes FOR ELDERLY invasion of the Marshalls. FIRST American air raid on Rumanian Pleasant Surroundings FIRST American penetration of Ger- oil fields at Ploesti was made by for 25 years. A reputation squadron in which Sgt. Robert Kess- REASONABLE PRICES man soil was made by 3rd Armored PEARSON ler, alumnus Come and Convince Yourselves Division commanded by Maj. Gen. of AZA, B'nai B'rith REV. J. RIEGER Maurice Rose of Denver. organization for high school boys, from McKeesport, Pa., served Florist 1132 Argyle St. Chicago FIRST three Americans to enter as radio operator and gunner. SUNnyside 6533 Aachen, the initial German city captured by the Americans included FIRST man killed in action from Min- 6455 SO. HALSTED ST. neapolis was Ensign Ira Weil Jef- Private Max Finkelstein of Brooklyn. WENTWORTH 2200 Listen to the FIRST American assault boat to hit fery, a member of B'nai B'rith, who the shore of France on D-Day was died at Pearl Harbor. JEWISH PROGRAMS commanded by Lt. Abe Condiotti of FIRST American flag planted in the Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday Brooklyn. city of Algiers at the start of the Prompt Delivery by Telegraph Anywhere 9 to 10 P.M. FIRST Nazi plane shot down for Uncle North African invasion was carried Sam is credited to Lt. William S. by Corp. Hyman I. Shakin of New Sunday Afternoon, 2 P.M. Beck of Nashville, Tenn. York. WSBC-1240 Kilo. FIRST American Red Cross nurse FIRST soldier from Delaware killed in Directed and Announced by killed in World War II was Esther war was Sgt. Harry Fineman of CANDID * SHOTS JULIUS MILLER Richards of San Francisco, who died Wilmington, Del., who died in the PROMPT SERVICE TO For Information Call of wounds received at Anzio beach- defense of Corregidor. NEVADA 3446 or SEELEY 8066 head. FIRST war casualty among member- WEDDINGS and PARTIES FIRST American Army nurse killed on ship of the American Bar Associa- Western Front was Lt. Frances tion was Ensign Robert L. Leopold Call DEArborn 7467 ROSENBLUM'S HEBREW Slanger of Boston, who died of of Louisville, Ky., who died at Pearl STORE Harbor. BOOK wounds received in Belgium. The Lt. rank "The Most Reliable FIRST Japanese battleship sunk in the Paul Sidio 3t tet and Reasonable" ^ Frances Slanger Chapter of the B'nai h for all Religious U S B'rith Young Women in Washington war was the Haruna, sent to the Articles. bottom by plane CLOSED FRIDAY NIGHT AND BAR-MITZVAH OTFITS AND GIFTS is named in her honor. piloted by Capt. 3428 W. ROOSEVELT FIRST B-29 raid on Japan included whose bombardier was ALL DAY SATURDAY KED. 3368 bombers on which Capt. William C. Sgt. Meyer Levin. Goldstein, Indianapolis; Sgt. Morris FIRST man from Connecticut to be Kramer, Pittsburgh, and Capt. Ste- killed in the war was Kenneth H. phen Silverman of Boston served. Messsenger of Bridgeport, who died | ARMANDO FIRST American unit to break through in the . o CiLen - Coulkliiz : TAILORS to relieve the trapped American gar- FIRST Gold Star Mother of World + 35 W. JACKSON BLVD. rison in Bastogne was a tank unit War II ias Mrs. Gertrude Kram of + BEAUTY SALON q son, Seaman + 0 WEBster 7457 commanded by Col. Creyton Abrams New York whose + 4 Room 33 of West Newton, Mass. Leonard Kram, was killed in action AND 4 FIRST American enlisted man to re- at sea. I HAIR STYLING ceive the in Conti- FIRST American soldier brought home I PERMANENT WAVES * nental Europe was Sgt. Irving Allen for burial on American soil was Catering at Its Best of Union City, N. J. U. S. Marine Sergeant Herbert Keil- in the son of Long Island, who was killed 4 5112-18 Lake Park Ave. 4 CITY WIDE SERVICE FOR ALL OCCASIONS FIRST American officer killed Mark in the raid on the Gilbert and Mar- 2060 Hyde Park 0530 ZION KOSHER RESTAURANT Philippines was Lt. Henry D. | Midway of Los Angeles. shall Islands. 4 Mon., Wed., Thurs., Sat. 9 to 6:30 4 AND BANQUET HALLS Fri. 9 to 9 4 killed in action on FIRST two war deaths from -Philadel- 4' Tues., 3708 W. Roosevelt Rd. Nevada 10541 FIRST American North American continent was Pvt. phia were Private Jack Feldman, an Joseph Sharp of Philadelphia, who alumnus of AZA, and Corp. Theo- MORRIS BERNSTEIN'S died at Dutch Harbor during a Jap dore J. Lewis, both of whom gave LONG DISTANCE MOVING air raid. up their lives at Pearl Harbor. COAST TO COAST HEBREW BOOK STORE SPECIAL RATES TO CALIFORNIA FIRST American to kill a Jap in the FIRST alumnus of City College killed AND WEST COAST Corp. Werner in the war was Lt. Monroe Franklin y1 lvigD n0 1 V V 4n ;. Burma campaign was AUTOMOBILES INCLUDED LARGE SELECTION ALL KINDS OF BOOKS Katz of New York, a former ref- of New York who died in the Philip- UNION VAN LINE, INC. We buy your old libraries pines. 3710 W. Roosevelt Road ugee. 155 N. CLARK ST. CENtral I9lI FIRST crew of Army airmen to land (Continued on page 17)