Evening star., 1933-02-16
HOOVER APPROVES
NAVY PROMOTIONS
List of 47 Chosen for EIeya.
ton to Commanders Is
Announced.

President Hoover yesterday approved
recommendations Of Naval Selection
Board. chosen to pick Al officers of the
line for promotion from lieutenant COM
manders to commanders.
The Navy Department announced
the list, representing the report OF the
board, which has been in session at
the Navy Department since February
/, as follows: \
Lieut.. Comdrs. William d. Taylor,
district communication officer at the
81 Naval District in New York; Daniel
E. Barley commanding the U. S. S.
ca; Elmer L. Woodside, inspector Of
-'dnance in charge, Charleston, w.
Va: Glenn B. Davis, commanding
u. s. S. Blakeley; Palmer H. Dunbar,
IT. on duty in the Bureau of Engineer
ng, Navy Department; Charlie P. Nc
Featers. aboard U. s. S. Chester:
mInication officer, l4th Naval District,
Honolulu. Territory Hawaii; Thomas M.
Snock, navigator aboard the U. S. S.
Arizona; Adolph v. Pickhardt, Navy
Department here; William l. Causey, jr.,
commanding U. S. S. Southard; Rich
ard H. Knight, commanding U. s. s.
Taylor.
Hugh L. White, commanding U. S. S.
Barney: Norman c. Gillette, COM
manding U. S. S. Manley; Roy o.
Dudley, commanding u S. S. Wasmuth;
Herbert K Fem, commanding U. S. s.
Herbert; George D. Hull, Naval Aca-
6emy, Annapolis, Md; Paul Hendren,
Under instruction at the Army Indus
tr;al College here; Chapman C. Todd,
Naval Observatory here; Henry M.
head: Paul Cassard, Naval Air Station,
Pensacola, Fla; Hamilton v. Bryan,
Ofice of Naval Intelligence. Navy De-
partment; Elroy L. Vanderkloot. Navy
Mine Depot, Yorktown, Va; Wilbur
J. Ruble, Naval Research Laboratory,
Bellevue, D. c.; John r. Palmer, Navy
Yard, Washington, D. c.; Terry B.
Thompson, commanding U. s. S. Dallas:
John L. Hail. ,l jr; Naval io,,s.e,a academy;
Svs y s Srela geasnis Fsc0n 5ames Ii s5Tans
Pa; Arthur G. Robertson, Naval
Academy; Walter e. Doyle. command
ing U. S. S. Argonaut; William w.
Meek, Bureau of Navigation, Navy De-
partment: Charles j. Parrish, Office OF
Judge Advocate General, Navy De-
partment.
Oliver L. Downes, executive officer
Submarine Base. Coco Solo, Canal
zcne Paulus p Powell, on duty in
bureau OF NaVlgallOn ana also ala at
the White House; Samuel N. Moore,
navigator aboard U. S. s. Omaha;
Valentine Wood, Naval Academy; Leo
H Thebaud, aboard U. S. S. Northamp-
ton, as aid and flag secretary on the
staff of the commanders Cruiser
Division 4, Scouting Force; Henry
A. Seller, Navy Yard, Philadelphia;
Alfred H. Donahue, also at Philadelphia
Navy Yard Gordon Hutchins Naval
Torpedo Station, Newport, r. l.: Henry
F. Floyd, Naval Academy; Robert D.
Kirkpatrick. Naval Academy; Carl H.
Jones, Bureau of Ordnance, Navy De-
partment; Carleton F. Bryant, COM
manding U. S. s. Oahu; William j.
Larson, aid to commandant. 4th
Naval District, Philadelphia; John H.
Buchanan, Navy Yard. Washington,
D. c.. and Herman A. Spanagel, COM
manding U. S. S. Beckinridge.
The board said that Lieut.. Comdrs.
Dunbar, Ruble and Seller are officers
designated for engineering duty and
are carried in their grade as extra
numbers. The president of the board
was Rear Admiral Harris Laning, presi-
dent of the Naval War College. Five
Washingtonians served on the board of
nine members these being Rear
Admirals Arthur j. Hepburn, Naval