1674-1 Mitchell Wolfson the innti 74eralh
Pay. 4-B September 19, 194:
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1 CHEottLL-ii 0 ._L) (VES SERVICE - Camp Custer
orm rF1iami Beach Mayor Returns Frink Acts As Mayor
I 1' Of Miami Beach Until
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ell Wolfs° f n r m e r,the 6th army. On to shells, int HiQ most interesting assign-iCouncil Takes Action
r, is back. the,Vosges mountains, the 6th menti. he says, was after the S
moved and there he met Maj.;fighting stopped when he and I( _
at his post with Wometco the- Hal Leyshon. former manag- tfvo other officers were given Mayor Mitchell Wolfson,of Miami
eters after more than two {ng editor of The Miami Daily We task of reporting to all ' Beac ,w o as een"ton(missioned
y in the army, 20 months News• and Lt. Col. Leland i military g o c e r n o r s in the et J,�l
of w c wj� t overseas. Breckenridge of Miami. American zone of occupation a majo i I Ifst•
�P�� t/�/1}y four battle tolls tour of duty craned him the "pulse" of rke high co m- , reseCamp e, 1 le T for
VC into the Rhineland and Aus-;mend. The work entailed in- i Camp Custer, Mich., where he will
stars, a bronze star for meri- tria. Iterpretation to field officers of , begin his training in the school of
torious service and the Croix all directives issued by the Militar Government f Occupied
de Guerre, conferred for co high command and covered all p
z? the territory under American! f Ter" °ries.
operation with the French v army controL, gta�t e a Wolfson.who
First army, was relieved from "Transportation is the main was els n }'or of Miami Beach
active duty as eu e col- problem in Germany, and in
one: with G-5 o Oct. 12 all of Europe," Wolfson said. last Jun , will leave Miami Beach
He's "rediscov in Flo a," s "I saw butter and potatoes / withou a mai r, and until a
he said today; gla o back spoiling in Southern Bavaria r quorui of the c v `jtincil meets.
and glad to be out of uniform. for lack •of transportation. Coal i Councilman Herb i. Frink will
Be finds Miami Beach good ` ±. cannot be moved where it is
to look at and good to live °° p#s • peeded, assume d t s of mayor.
His new home is at 4517 Mer- F, , "The German s are still U r th visions of the city
idian ave. a y ' stunned. They are thinking in, ' charter, nr ;be, f the council
Entering the service with �� r terms of living from day to must set t successor on the
the rank of major in the sum- day. and not for future plan-
mer of 1943, when he resigned a -, ring. There will be sufficient council, a en the seven mem
as mayor, he was inducted at x` go cat in the American zone' bets will ect one of their num-
Fort Custer, Mich., spent two y • ' With the possible exception of ber as mayor.
months at the University of $ ' some of the larger cities; not "Nothing but the call of duty to
Wisconsin and went to Eng- lea much as before the war, my country would induce me to
land in January, 1944, !but ample to maintain health." leave our beautiful city,the mayor's
'
The following June he was Wolfson visited most of the job. my friends and wife and
ordered to Algiers and joined eastern Rhineland, Bavarian children;' he said Saturday.
the 7th army. From there to • and Wurtemburg cities. He RAR COMES FIRST
Oran and then Southern found Heidleberg almost un- f I have always felt that each Citi•}
France, I a n d i n g at "Red {tj .' touched by the war. The uni- gen owes a duty to participate in
Beach," east of Toulon. Mar-.: WOLFSON versity city had been passed F civic. community and charitable 1.
seines saw him next. Then' MITCHELL bybombers, he said. affairs.However,I feel that in time
came Lyons, when he joined
Rediscovers �0��'
of war his paramount duty is to '
yh his nation. I have tried to do my 1
i -a- .?+,,•i ?'' , 4,4,1 '5 ,, • 4 part in the life of the community,
h ii - t and now I want to do what I can
-` .. - t r Mn the war effort. Everyone in this .
`` country, whether he is a 5'ar
worker or a soldier. (Sr merely one
working on the home front can help
..uds�....o.-+�-+ -r: , win the war.
o; _.., ,..._ -: t "I feel that 1 am very fortunate
i in being accepted by the Army and
given an opportunity to serve in
uniform. If all of us in all walks of
life work faithfully together and
put our country's interests first,
there should be an end to dictators
and tyrants for many generations
to come. '
"I take this opportunity to thank
my friends and the many people
who have helped me in all pf my
civic undertakings.I hope ane pray
that whwve
young men of othisur nationaris willr take
their places
en as leaders alongowtheith
1 the older men in our political,civic
.and philanthropic life and make our
nation and this community an even
better place in which to live and
raise our families."