Evening star., 1941-09-10
Il Navy Captains
Named for Promotion
To Rear Admiral
Line Selection Board Also
Picks l47 Commanders
To Become Coptoins

The Navy Department today an
nounced that the Line Selection
Board had named II captains for
promotion to the grade of rear ad-
miral and lat commanders for pro-
motion to captain.
Captains named for promotion in
clude Julius Furer, Blyson Bruce,
John Franklin Shafroth. jr.; John
Reginald Beardall and William Au-
gustus Lee. ir., all of Washington;
Francis Warren-Rockwen of An
napolis, William Reynolds Purnell
of Bowling Green. Mo-; Thomas
Cassin Kinkaid of Pennsylvania,
James Lawrence Kaufman of Ohio,
Theodore Stark Wilkinson of Vlr-
einia, William Ward Smith of New
Jersey and Olaf Mandt Hustvedt OF
Iowa
Capt. Beardall is naval aide to
President Roosevelt and Capt. Hust-
vedt Is commander of the new bat
tleship, North Carolina, which re-
Gently completed firing tests.
On Duty in Washington.
AdDI. ID Otl dAOs IA w c'Ah
ington and since May 8 has been
senior member of the Compensation
Board. Capt. Bruce is administra-
tive officer in the Bureau of Ships.
Can't. Rockwell is now under in
struction at the Naval War College,
Newport, r. l., and Capt. Kaufman
is on duty as commander of De-
stroyer Squadron 7. Capt. Shafroth
was in command of the U. S. S. In
dianapolis until last year and now
is being made assistant chief OF
the Bureau of Navigation.
Capt. Lee is director OF the DiW-
sion of Fleet Training and Capt.
Purneu is Chief of Staff and aide
TO the commander in chief of the
Asiatic Fleet.
Capt. Kinkaid former naval at
tache for air in the American En-
hassy at Rome, is at present COM
mander of Destroyer Squadron 8.
Capt. Wilkinson, formerly with
the Bureau of Navigation, is now
commanding officer of the U. S. S.
Mississippi.
Capt. Smith has been on duty at
the Naval Academy since 1886, and
formerly was aide on the staff OF the
commander of the United states
Fleet and United States Fleet opera
tions officer.
-Four captains were designated for
retention on the active list in the
same grade until the end of the
next succeeding fiscal year. They
are Capts. Hollis M. Cooley, CLAUDE
A Bonvillian, Garret L. Schuyler
and Joseph S. Evans.
Commanders to Be Promoted.
The following commanders were
named for promotion to captain:
Fred M. Earle, Frank P. Thomas,
Robert w. Cary, Benjamin F.
Perry, Cornelius w. Flynn, Frederick
G. Richards, Tully Shelley, Russell
S. Hitchcock, Clifford H. Roper
Theodore T. Patterson, Homer L.
Grosshopf, Fred D. Kirkland, James
NJ. Steele, Arthur D. BurhanS
Thomas D. Warner, T. De Witt
Carr. Charles P. Cecil, Calvin T
Durgin, Humbert w. ziroli, John
s. Roberts, John D. Price, Gilbert
C. Hoover, Heman j. Redfleld
Andrew c. McFan, Herbert j.
Grassie, Laurence F. Stafford, Lyman
K. SWenson, Frederick E. Haeberle
John E. Ostander, Edmund E. Brady
ir.; Andrew I. Mckee, Henry r
Oster, Randel E. Dees, Theodore L
Schumacher, Frank G. Fahrion
Albert G. Noble, Norborne l.
Rawlings, Ingolf N. Kiland, Edward
A. Mitchell, Homer N. Wallin and
Donald B. Duncan.
Also Andrew G. Shepard, Simon
p. Fullinwider, jr.; Lisle F. Small
William P. Clarke, Nicholas Vytlacil
Robert G. Tobin. Theodore M
Waldschmidt, Harold B. Sallada
Joseph w. Gregory, Francis c. Dene-
brink, Felix B. Stump, Walter C
Calhoun, Carl F. Holden, Lester j
Hudson, Samuel B. Brewer, Allen 1
Price, Merrill Comstock, John B
Heffernan, Edward J. Moran, Elliott
NJ. Sem, Thomas r. Cooley, Francis
T. Spellman, Robert L. Porter, jr.;
Ward P. Davis, Edward II. Jones
Earl w. Morris, Robert w. Fleming
Allan r. McCann, Guy w. Clark
John v. Murphy. Douglas A. Spen-
Ger, Forrest P. Sherman, Joseph w
Fowler, William j. Malone, Ralph
S. Mcdowell, John d. Crecca, Will
liam C. Wade, William r. Nichols
Lawrence B. Richardson, James Fife
jr; Frank r. Dodge, William w