Evening star., 1942-08-14
Is Capital Reporters Become
Marine Combat c Correspondents
Two From Star Among Group Now Awoiting
Orders to Proceed to Bottle Fronts

George Washington University be-
fore becoming reporter in 1899.
Pvt. John White, 80, was born
in Tarboro, N. c.. and completed
four years at Harvard University
before going to work on the Boston
Herald Traveller in 1885. He had
belsi o. reporter on the Times-
Herald here for two years.
q Married Newspaper Woisasi
Pvt. Shafer. 80. reporter on the
Times Herald since 1886, Is mar
ried to Helen Buchalter, former
reporter and an assistant city edl-
tor for the News, now Washington
correspondent for Look MAGAZINE.
He was graduated from George
Washington University in 1881 and
had a year OF graduate study on a
scholarship at Chicago University
Pvt. Sidney Epstein, born in VII.
mington 81 years ago, was educated
in public schools here and had
three years of part-time study 1t
George washington University while
a copy boy on the Times Herald.
He has been a reporter there Tor
four years. 80
Pvt. Stavisky, 36, native Of Chel-
sea. Mass, studied at the Boston
University School of Journalism and
was college correspondent for the
Boston American before starting
full-time work with the Rochester
(N.Y) journal as a copy reader on
the Times Herald before taking a
similar job on the Post. He was an
assistant city editor OF the Post tor
two years before his enlistment.
Pvt. Meilke, a graduate OF New
York University, was New YORK
track champion during his college
wears and then started reporting
for the New York News. He came
here as a reporter for the Times
Herald in February, 1941.
Was G. u. Faculty Member.
Pvt. Gerrity. 81, started reporting
on the Times and then on thu
Tribune in his native city OF Scran.
ton. Pa. Coming here, he attended
George Washington and George
town Universities before beginning
more than four years as Post re-
=, porter. At Georgetown he servee
as a member of the faculty in the
school of business administration
and finance. and as an assistant
to the dean.
Pvt. Lewis, 28, police reporter or
the Post for nearly eight years
came here from reportorial jobs or
the New York Evening Graphic ane
other New York papers. Studyini
nights, he got a law degree a
Southeastern University in 1910.
Pvt. Acosta, %. had a year a
William and Mary College befor'
starting on the News three years ag'
as a radio editor and assistant dra
matte critic After serving as assist
ant editor of Army Times, he worke'
in the radio newsroom of the foreigl
information news service of tn
Co-ordinator of Information. He
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Franci
Acosta, 1882 Rittenhouse street NV
Pvt. Margolies. %, is the son o
Joseph A. and Bertha N. Margolie
of 1852 Ontario road NV. Afte
studying at the City College of Ney
York and at George Washington
University he worked for Inter
national News Service for a yea
before becoming sports reporte
on the News in August of 194l.
Pvt. Kirby, %, native OF Cleve
land, studied at Adelbert College
Western Reserve University. befor
, working as a copy boy on the Pos
and then for year as reporter TO
, ms. His parents. James p. AM
, Marie A. Kirby. live at 1928 Ritten
house street NV.