Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-01


HUMPHREYS,
5. Greenville, Miss.
training, Pvt. Melvin s. Ruffner,
1000 Evarts street NE, has been |
transferred from Company B, 34th |
Battalion. at the Infantry Replace
ment Training Center here, to Fort
Jackson, S. C..
At Army War College.
Warrant Officer John B. Germany,
son of Mrs. 1. H. Germany, 1851 |
Forty fourth street NV, has been
assigned to the Ground Operations |
Section Of the Army Ground Forces
here. He entered the Army May %,
1941.
At Fort Washington, Md.
Six men from the Washington
area have entered the Officers
Training School here as members of
the 10th Officer Candidate Glass.
They are: Master Sergts. Gordon
w. Butler, 424 Longfellow street
NV, and Frank R. Hesse, 4618
Ninth street NV; Staff Sergt Lee
G.. Wilson, 1920 Bay street Sc;
Sergt. Jack B. Whitcomb, 1925 B
street Sc; Harold o. Lee, techni-
clan, fifth grade, 1928 H street NV,
and Corpl. Dolph Hays, 1862 North
Rhodes street, Arlington, Va. Upon
graduation these men will be COM
missioned second lieutenants in the
Adjutant Generals Department.
Candidates Butler, Lee and Hays
will specialize in administration.
Candidate Whitcomb will specialize
in a postal course, Candidate Hesse
in machine records and Candidate
Wilson in M r. U.
At Greenville, Miss.
Ten men from the Washington
area recently reported to the Army
Air Forces Basic Flying School here
for training. Upon completion of
their basic training they, will be
sent to another field in the South
east Arm Air Forces Training Center
for the final phase of their instruc-
ton, upon completion of which
they will receive their wings and
commissions as second lieutenants.
They are: Aviation Cadets Charles
Ray Watkins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rafe Watkins. lib Valley road,
Brookmont, Md; Jack Walker, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. F.. w. Walker, 2515
Thirteenth street NV; Wilkins M |
Trick, son of Mr.. and Mrs Wilkins
Trick, Lee highway. Arlington, Va;
Norman Robert Hodkinson, son of
Mr.. and Mrs Norman Hodkinson,
1919 North Florida, Arlington, Va;
Paul Alphonse Frederick, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Paul A. Frederick, 1921
Massachusetts avenue Sc.
Harry Lee Downey, jr., son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry L. Downey, 1923
South Dakota avenue NE; Leslie
e. Andersen, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Andersen, Rhode Island avenue
NE; Raymond J. Gormley, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Gormley,
1918 Arkansas avenue NV: Robert |
Peterson Jacobs. son of Mr.. and |
Mrs. Chester Jacobs, 1909 Chesa-
peake street NV, and Richard So
lon Humphreys, son of Comdr. and
Mrs. Lincoln Humphreys, COOS Thir-
ty-third street NV.
At Fort Bragg, N. c.
Pvt. Laurence r. Goodyear, 1924 |
Massachusetts avenue, Yorktowne
Village, Md, has been selected to
attend the Officer Candidate Field |
Artillery School at Fort Sill, Okla,
following the completion of his pre-
liminary training at the Field Ar
tillery Replacement Training Center
here.
At New York City.
Two men from the District area |
recently were commissioned ensigns
in the Naval Reserve upon gradua-
ton from the USNR Midshipmen's
School here. They are Ensigns
Julian Howard Cook, $500 Four
teenth street NV, and John Samuel
Cockrell, 812 Twentieth street NV.
Charles Edward Thomas, 1905 |
Wisconsin avenue NV, executive
director of the Church Society for
College Work, was commissioned |
lieutenant in the United States Navy |
and left last week to report for duty |
at the Office Of the director of OH
Ger procurement here. 1t. Thomas
has been administrative head of the
society since its ofhces opened in
January, 1910. A native Of Ridge
way, s. c.. he is q graduate OF Porter
Military Academy, Charleston, s. c.,
and the University of the South,
Sewanee, Tenn. He was formerly
editor and assistant secretary Of |
Sigma MI Fraternity.
At Camp Perry, Ohio.
Pvt. Thomas v. Miller, 1923 Isher-
wood street NE. was recently pro-
noted to the grade Of technician,
fifth grade, at the Ordnance Unit |
Training Center here.
At Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
First 1t. Paul w. Oman, Sanitary
Corps, 2802 Thirteenth street south,
Arlington, Va. graduated last Fri
day from the Medical Field Service |
School here, qualifying him for field |
duty with the medical troops.
At Oklahoma City. Okla.
Second 1t. Joe M. Morris, for
merry Of Warrington, has been a.
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