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At Naval Aviation Cadet
Selection Board.

Selection Board.
Ralph Wallace Lassise, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Lassise, HOO Queen
street NE, and Ralph William Hall,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Hall, 4519
Thirty eighth street, Brentwood,
Md, have been selected as naval
aviation cadets and have been Or
dered to report to the United States
Navy Pre-Flight School at Athens,
Ca, for three months physical con-
ditioning. Cadet Lassise attended
Eastern High School and prior to
his enlistment he was employed by
the Boiling Field Air Corps Supply.
Cadet Hall is graduate of McKin-
ley High School. In civilian life he
was employed by the Hechinger Co.
Douglas Crane Dolan, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. Crane, 2O53 North
Fairfax drive, Arlington, Va, has
also been selected as a naval avia-
ton cadet. Cadet Dolan is a grad
uate of Western High School, where
he was member of the high school
cadets, graduating with the rank of
first lieutenant. Prior to his enlist
ment he was employed by the H. l..
Alexander Corp. at the Pentagon
Building in Arlington.
At Nashville, Tenn.
Sergt. Ted San Timberlake. son
OF Brig. Gen. and Mrs. E. w. Tim
berlake, 814 Twenty sixth place
South, Arlington, Va, has been Sc
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Air Forces Feb Pvt. G. L. O'Roarke.
ruary of this year. He was first
stationed at Camp Lee, Va, and
later sent to the Army Air Forces
Technical School at Keesler Field,
Miss. He is the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Benjamin B. O'Roark, New
Market, Va.
At Fort Belvoir, Va.
Three Washington men gradu-
ated Wednesday from the Engineer
Officer Candidate School here and
were commissioned second lieuten-
ants. They are Its. Franklin Jo-
seph Gass. 2313 Fifth street NE;
Noah Mcclure Jordan, 4301 Con-
necticut avenue NV, and George
Walter Schauer, 1923 Eighth street
Sc.
At Camp Grant, Ill.
Pvt. Harry H. Meiners. jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry H. Mein-
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Frederick L. Wilkerson, Rockville,
Md, have been assigned here to
the 83d Infantry Division.

Frederick L. Wilkerson, Rockville,
Md, have been assigned here to
the 83d Infantry Division.
At Fort Harrison, Ind.
John A. Fish, son of Mrs. Lille
R. Cooper of Washington, who has
been stationed here at the reception
center, has been transferred to Tus-
kegee, Ala.
Pvt. Thomas L. Turner, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. N. L. Turner, Plains,
Va, recently arrived at the FL
nance Replacement Training Center
here to begin his basic training in
finance. Prior to his induction Pvt.
Turner was employed as an ac-
counting clerk in the Department
of Justice.
At Fort Knox, KY.
Henry Cochran Skinker, son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. William Skim
ker, Plains, Va, recently was gradu-
ated from the Officers Candidate
School here with the rank of Sec
ond lieutenant. 1t. Skinker is a
former member of the Fauquier-
Loudoun polo team.
Pvt. Carroll B. Pierce, 633 In
graham street NV, has been grad
uated from the wheeled vehicle de-
partment here at the Armored Force
School and has received his diploma
as qualified automotive mechanic.
Pvt. First Class Rufus E. Grif-
fin, 1912 Evarts street NE, recently
reported for training here at the
Armored Force School comunica-
ton department.
At Camp Polk, La.
Mrs. Ben Jaffe, 635 Princeton
place NV, recently visited her hus-
band, Corpl. Ben Jaffe here at the
Camp Polk guest house. Corpl.
Jaffe is stationed here with the
18th Armored Supply Battalion.
At Keesler Field, Miss.
First 1t. Henry E. Artress, 7l8
Erie avenue, Takoma Park, Md, has
reported for duty with the Dental
Corps here at the Technical Train
ing Command School of the Army
Air Forces. 1t. Artress is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Artress, 21o
Westmoreland avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
Corpls. William George Yeabower,
9002 Old Bladensburg road, Silver
Spring, Md, and Arthur James Reid,
1907 Twenty-eighth street NV, left
last week for Miami Beach, Fla, to
begin a 12-week course of study at
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At Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Five men from the Washington
area were recently awarded pro-
motions here in the Coast Artillery
units. They are: Corpl. William A.
Brown, 217 Fayette street, Staunton,
Va, promoted to sergeant; Pvt.
Homer B. Anthony, 337 Lancaster,
Staunton, Va, promoted to corporal;
Pvt. First Glass; Arthur E. Yer
million, 706 Ninth street NV, pro-
NOTED to corporal; Pvt. First Class
George Lanharde, jr, 3605 Hamil-
ton street, Hyattsville, Md, pro-
NOTED to corporal, and Pvt. First
Glass; John C. Frasco, 9l2 Gallatin
street NV, promoted to technician
fifth grade.
At Great Lakes, Ill.
Richard D. Frye, "a, 4013 Eighth
street NE, recently graduated from
recruit training as honor man
of his company at the United
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Pvt. Gordon c. Jones. ing at Paris
Island, s. c. He is a native of
Alexandria, Va.
At Camp Polk, La.
Pvt. John r. High, husband OF
Mrs. Dorothy N. High, 3340 Ely
place Sc, recently arrived here for
duty with the 11th Armored Divi.
sion. He has been assigned to this
91st Armored Reconnaissance Bat
talon.
At Columbus, Ohio.
Pvt. Irving Gold, 4810 Georgia
avenue NV, is editor of the 463d
Engineers newspaper, Spare Spots,
Pvt. Gold is stationed here at the
Columbus Quartermaster Depot,
learning the fundamentals and pro-.
cedures in handling spare parts for
engineer machinery. In civilian life
he was employed by the Once Of
Chief Of Engineers. While In WASH
ington he was active In the work Of
the Jewish Community Center.
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Base, st. Louis, Cadet r. 8. Burton
Mo. Upon completion of his train
ing here, he will be designated as
a naval aviator with commission
as ensign in the Naval Reserve or
as second lieutenant in the Marine
Corps Reserve.
At Tyndall Field, Fla.
1t. Nicholas N. Zemo, son of Mrs.
M. M. Zemo, 317 Cedar lane, Be-
thesda, Md, recently reported for
duty here at the Army Air Forces
Flexible Gunnery School. 1t. Zemo,
who was commissioned a first lieu
tenant upon completion of training
at the Officers Candidate School at
Miami Beach, Fla, is graduate OF
Washington and Jefferson Uni
versity, Washington, Pa. He is a
member of Phi Alpha Theta and
Phi Sigma Nu Fraternities. In
civilian life he was employed by the
Government.
At Albany, Ga.
Pilot Cadet John NJ Rauchenstein,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. E. Rauchen-
stein, 1900 North Harvard street,
Arlington, Va, was recently COM
missioned a second lieutenant in
the Army Air Forces following his
graduation from the Advanced Fly
ing School here at Turner Field.
At Athens, Ga.
Melvin Francis Flaherty, 81, son
of Acting 1t. Jerry F. Flaherty of
the Homicide Squad, Police Depart
ment, and Mrs. Flaherty, 231 Con-
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Phillips, 1859 r street NV; Joseph
j. Stahl, 1929 Benton street NV:
Mitchell Jameson, 1859 Harvard
street NV; Andrew D. Davidson.
2900 P street NV.
c. F. Heady, jr, 1914 Seventh
teenth street NV; E. C. Easton,
1404 Tuckerman street NV: P. M.
Teater, 2440 S street Sc; George
Wells Cheney, jr., 6l0 H street NE;
John H. Evans, jr., 514 E street NV;
James M. M. Smith, Westchester
Apartments; Bernard A. Koteen,
1907 M street NV; J. w. Holahan,
1841 Columbia road NV; c. P. Ma
loney, jr., 37l0 Military road NV:
Randall D. Foster. 1843 Mintwood
place NV; William D. Mason. jr,
Hay-Adams House; Frank x. White,
1881 Nineteenth street NV; Lyle B.
Gill, 1889 P street NV; Philip H.
Dew, 1927 Sixteenth street NV;
James M. Lawrence. 1736 G street
NV; John M. Kemper, 2231 New
ton street NV; Robert S. McKin-
ney. 826 Connecticut avenue NV;
j. N. Christie, 1443 Girard street
NV; w. S. H. Willett, 26o1 Calvert
street NV; C. T. Alexander. 1876
Harvard street NV; c. S. Johnson,
2145 California street NV; Donald
G. Douglas, 1915 Connecticut avenue.
NV. ,
c. M. Borden, Alexandria, Va;
Francis x. Kilroy, Alexandria; Rob-
ert T. Atkinson, Alexandria; w. L.
Hall, Arlington, Va; David L. Hake,'
Arlington; H. Robert Slusser, Ar
lington; Kenneth j. Lynch, Beth
esda; Albert E. Vogel, Hyattsville,
Md; L. j. Naecker, Silver Spring.;
John Lozier, Kensington; Walter j.
Liebrecht, Silver Spring; r. L. Jen-
kins, Suitland; Gordon w. Kelley.
College Park; Corliss L. Jones, Ar
lington; Emmitt F. Brendt, Takon7a
Park; P. A. Drury, Alexandria; Jo-
seph Marshall Matthias, Hyattsv:llo,
and Edward A. Fuller, hyatcsville.
at Jacksonville. li7.
Frederick Lands Gwyn-, &c, 81
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Da.-.-.-I
Gwynn, 3245 Patterson stree. NV,
recently graduated from his pilot
training here at the United States
Naval Air Station and was awarded
his wings and commissioned an en-
sign in the Naval Reserve. Ensign
Gwynn completed his elimination
flight training at the Naval Reserve
Aviation Base at Squantum, Mass,
before reporting here in April The
young officer attended Bowdoin Col.
lege, Brunswick, Me, and Harvard
University. He is member of Beta
Theta Pi Fraternity.
At Salt Lake City, Utah.
Pvt. John E. Morsonelli, formerly
OF the District, was recently promoted
to the grade of corporal here at the
Army Air Base.
At Randolph Field, Tex.
Four men from the Washington
area recently graduated from Bomb
er Pilot Schools here and were
awarded their wings and commits
stoned second lieutenants in the
Army Air Forces. They are Its.
Clyde H. Council, jr., 201 Thirteenth
street NE; Kenneth w. Smith, 2121
Virginia avenue NV; Ernest F.
Sorgnit, 18 North Woodlawn ave-
nue., Annapolis, Md, and Paul M.
Meyer, 100 North Carlin Spring road,
Arlington, Va.
At Pensacola, Fla.
Gordon C. Jones, United States
Marine Corps, 81, son of Mrs. Doro-
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Bar, is the son Of Mrs. Elizabeth
Brown, Poolesville, Md. and the
nephew of County Commissioner
John E. Oxley, Rockville.
At Fort Monroe, Va.
Sergt. L. w. Haskins, 26, husband
of Mrs. Mary F. Haskins, 5315 Ma
comb street NV, was recently pro-
NOTED to the grade of staff sergeant
in the Sd Battalion of the I'd Coast
Artillery here. Sergt. Haskins has
been stationed here since his induc-
ton in February, 1941.
At Ellington Field, Tex.
Following 15-day furlough spent
with relatives in the District, Pvt.
Gordon L. ORoark leaves today to
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Dracos, son of Nick Dracos, A
Seaton place NV; Joseph Ossian
Ryan, son of o. j. Ryan, 1901 Thirty
third street NV; Chester Lynn
Howe, son Of c. w. Howe, 3434 Baker
street NE; Richard Elias Schatt-
man, son Of H. E. Schattman, SOC
Powhatan place NV; Robert En-
met Holoran. son of Mrs. Frances
r. Holoran, 1908 West street NV:
holland Haynes Ryan. son of o.
Ryan. 3239 Klingle road NV: Mar
vim Gilmore Foust, son of Mrs.
Minnie Mae Foust, 4003 Garrison
street NV.
William Crump Hawksworth, son
of Mrs. S. H. Hawksworth, 1928 Nor
rison street NV; Francis Xavier
Crowley, son of F. NJ Crowley, 1882
Corbin place; Richard Oscar Cham
bers, 5000 Connecticut avenue NV;
Albert Burns Wilson, son of Mrs.
A. B. Wilson, 2001 Klingle road
NV; William Silverman, son of /.
Silverman, 1923 Ninth street NV;
Scott Stilson, jr., son of S. Stilson,
1701 Sixteenth street NV; Thomas
Jefferson Tate, 4607 River road
NV; Peter A. Toggas, son of M.
Toggas, 5438 Broad Branch road
NV; James Francis Thomas, son of
F. A. Thomas; Sandy Springs, Md;
John Henry Verkoutaren, jr., son
OF Mrs. j. H. Verkoutaren, 4706
Langdrum lane, Chevy Chase, Md;
Harold w. Detweiler, son of Mrs. F..
j. Detweiler, 6815 Eastern avenue,
Takoma Park, Md.
Eston Jerome Baden, son of Mrs.
Lucy Baden, Brandywine, Md; Will
liam Furches Wetmore, jr.. son of
Comdr. E. D. Duckett, 513 Kings
street road, Alexandria, Va, and
John Denley Walker, son of Col.
j. A. Walker, Seminary Hill, Alex
andria, Va.
At Augusta, Ga.
Harold Ellis Greenberg, son of
Joseph Greenberg, 7101 Ninth street
NV, has completed two-thirds of
his pilot training here at the Geor-
gia Aero Tech Training Detach-
ment and will report soon to one of
the Southeast Army Air Forces ad-
vanced schools for the final phase
of his flight training.
At Macon, Ga.
Corpl. Leo A. Gnotta, 1343 Ran
dolph street NV, was recently pro-
NOTED to the rank of sergeant here
at the Army Air Forces Basic Fly
ing School at Cochran Field.
Pvt. Jesse N. Hawkins, SO Myrtle
street NE, also stationed here at
Cochran Field, was promoted to the
rank nf rornoro1
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fantry at Fort Meade, Md.
At Albuquerque, NJ Mex.
Two men from the Washington
area recently graduated from the
Air Forces Advanced Flying School
here and were commissioned second
lieutenants and awarded the wings
of an aerial bombardier. They are
Its. Darrell J. High, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank L. High, 2016 North
Madison street, Arlington. Va. and
Louis Bleaker, 1850 Clydesdale
place NV. 1t. High attended
Eastern High School, 1t. Bleaker
attended Western High School and
Southeastern University. Prior to
their advanced training here, both
men were stationed at the Santa
Ana Army Air Base, Santa Ana,
Calf.
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SbAA ANACN2Sdl 11oSot1dGlO Gllc
District Medical Society.
Pvt. George j. Chaconas, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James K. Chaconas,
510l Thirteenth street NV, is now
stationed here at the Medical Re-
placement Center. His training will
consist of actual maneuvers illus
trating medical and evacuation
problems encountered on the battle
field as well as basic military work.
Pvt. Chaconas, 81. a graduate of
Roosevelt High School, formerly
drove an emergency ambulance. He
was inducted into the service about
three weeks ago.
Commissioned in Marine Corps.
Richard B. Phillips, 81, husband
OF Mrs. Ferne Phillips, 5435 Connec-
ticut avenue NV, last week was
commissioned first lieutenant in
the United States Marine Corps. He
Will leave for training at Quantico,
Va, some time next month. Edu-
Gated in England, 1t. Phillips is a
tenor soloist radio concert singer
and is employed as service manager
for the Bell & Howell Co. An active
member of the District YMCA, he
was prominent in Amateur Athletic
Union boxing in 1929-30.
At Madison, Wis.
Pvt. John K Magruder, 81, Ar
lington, Va, nephew of Mai. Gen,
John Magruder, until recently in
command of the American Mission
to China at Chungking, is sta
toned at the Army Air Forces
Technical School here as a student
radio operator. Pvt. Magruder at
tended the University of Virginia
and the American University. He
has made four trips to Europe and
each time that he crossed the ocean
he went as member of the crew.
He has been employed as mess boy.
hospital orderly and bellhop on the
Leviathan and the George Wash
lngton, ships of the United States
line, on which he made his cross
lngs. After completing his school,
ing Pvt. Magruder spent some time
IN the employ of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. I'M
mediately prior to his enlistment he
was with the Social Security Board
doing occupa tional research work.
At Sea.
Karl E. Krumke, jr. Gill Second
street NV, is now serving with
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JuSL TWO Weeks
ago and is now
stationed at
Great Lakes, ILL.,,
for basic train
ing. In civilian
life he was head
of controls at
the Library of
Congress. Mrs.
L a n G on e has
another SON,
Stephen Lam
gone, II, who is
also working at
the Library Of
Congress. Al
thOllQh he also
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y IL Z " II 1 u Z u
S t a t es Coast
G. u a rd some
where at sea as
chief machinist
mate. A native
C the District,
Mr.. Krumke is
a graduate of
Mckinley High
S C h ool. H e
served one year,
l 9 3 4, on the
City OF Rayville,
merchant ma
r n e v e S S e | i,
which WAS SINK
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clo, I 1 . ZueUeC'
place NV, was
recently pro-
noted to the
grade of corpo-
raj. He is at
tached to Com
pany A, 9th
Medical Train
| n 6 Battalion
here. Pvt. Mein-
ers a t t e n d e d
Roosevelt High
School and prior
to his induction
he was a divin-
ity student at
Hone College.
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school andcadet. M. r. Faherty.
Strayer's College of Accounting,
Cadet Flaherty was formerly en-
ployed as a clerk at the United
State Post Once.
Twenty-three men from the
Washington area enrolled last week
here at the United States Navy
Pre-Flight School for their prelimi-
nary flight training. They are:
Cadets James Taylor Branson, son
Of Capt. Taylor Branson, $50
Twenty-seventh street NV; James
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Wnlle on active
duty somewhere
in h e South
Pacific. 1t. Kee-
gin joined the
National Guards
in August, 1910,
a n d W as in
Quoted into the
armed forces in
February, 1941.
He at te n d e d
Eastern Hi g h
S c h ool nd
G e ORG e t o W n
University and
prior to his in
duction, he was
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WI IL w ll1o uu-
ties as airplane
mechanic h ere
at his station
with the Army
Air Forces Ad-
van C e d Flying
School. He is
attached to the
59th Technical
Sch o OIL Squad
ron. Formerly
connected with
the Peoples Life
Insura ce Co.,
Pvt. OR o a r k
enlisted in the
AZ: - -L
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soA Ao 4N.V.s 1lOW
enrolled in the
Adjutant Cen
e ra i S Officer
Candidate School
here, is sched-
uled to gradu-
ate December 2.
Prior to his in
duction, Sergt.
Stukey was en-
ployed by the
CAA in the
Civilian Pilo t
Training Divi-
sion. Before en-
tering the can
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forces would seem quite enough rep
resentation for one family, but Mrs.
Langone wasn't satisfied until she
had done her own personal bit for
the war program.
And that personal bit was taking
into her home for the duration
Barbara Harvey, 10, daughter of her
brother, who joined the Navy three
weeks ago.
Her Oldest son, Wilfred Langone,
18, Joined the United States Navy
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cOrd q v e n u e
NV, has re-
Gently completed
his training here
at the Navy
Pre- = Flig h t
School. Follow
Ing q weeks
leave of absence.
he will report
to the Naval
Reserve Air Base
at "A II b G o S I ! b
for prim ary
fight training.
A graduate Of
Roosevelt. High
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G4lt F'OrC SCOCC
drive, Arlington,
V a., re C e n tt y
graduated from
the A m y Air
Forces Advanced
Flying S C h ool
h e r e at L u k e
F i e | d and was
commissioned a
S e C ond lieuten-
ant in the Air
c or p S Reserve.
1t. Reinburg is a
G r a d u a t e of
Draughons G o l.
leoe MOnt.pom-
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lected to attend
the Officers
G a n d / d a t e
School at Miami
Beach, Fla. He
was stationed at
the Army Air
Forces classif-
cation ce n t e r
h ere b e f ore
leaving for Off
Ger candidate
training.
William Wal
! a ce Price
Deane. 20. son
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way AVA. cOllCOp
5406 Colorado
a v e nue. NV,
was ece n tly
graduated with
h | 6 h standing
from the Naval
Photo S c h ool
h e r e and has
been promoted to
the rank Of pri-.
vate, first class.
Pvt. Jones enlist
ed in the Marine
Corps last Janu-
ary and received
his recruit. train.
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At Moody Field,
Ga.
Cadet Charles
F. McKni g h t,
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles E.
Mcknight, 622
D street Sc,
graduated | a S t
Tuesday from
the Army Air
Forces Advanced
Flying S c hool
h e re and was
commissioned a
S e C ond lieuten-
ant and awarded
his WINGS
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d dUNlluCO SClls
tral High School
and the Lewis
Hotel Training
School, was for
merly employed
at the Raleigh
Hotel. He re-
ceived his pre-
flight training at
Maxwell Field,
Ala. Irducted
into the Army
almost two years
ago, Cadet Bell
was f orm e r ! y
stationed with
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~ v " " " " Ava ok
Training Station
here. Formerly
employed as a
linotype opera
tor for a WASH
/ n g ton news
paper, Mr.. Frye
enlisted several
weeks ago as an
apprentice sea-
man. H e en-
listed in the
Army in 1885,
S ervi ing two
years with t h e
41st and 18th
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SiAS ASoF oA 4AAA
Station here for
flight training.
Cadet Burton,
w h o attended
Bowdoin College,
Brunswick, Me,
received previous
military training
as a member OF
the Civilian Mil
itary Training
Corps. He took
his elimination
flight training
at the Naval Re-
serve Aviation
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the Army Air Forces Officer Candi-
date School. At the successful COM
pletion of this training they will
be commissioned second lieutenants
in Air Forces Maintenance.
At Fort Washington, Md.
Sergt. Willard w. Stukey, husband
of Mrs. Mary K, Stukey, 1417 N
street NV, and a son of Mrs. Harold
A. Machem, 5208 Macarthur boule-
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One Of First Officers Assigned
7oComp Pickett Promoted
Radio Concert Singer Commissioned
First Lieutenant in U. S. Marine CORDS
AT CAMP PICKET. VA.

1t William George Sorrell of George Sorrel
street SW and the late Mrs Mary recently pro-
noted to captain Commissioned officer United
States Army in 1887 Capt Sorre April
TO- 1912 He the first officer duty after the
camp graduate Mckinley High George
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At Sioux Falls,
S. OAK.

At Sioux Falls,
S. Oak.
Pvt. Robert E.
Mathers, jr., son
CT Mr.. and Mrs.
r. E. Mathers,
1923 Riggs place
NV, is now
stationed h ere
with the 605th
T e c h n ! ca !
School Squad
ron. Pvt. Ma
theirs has been
in the service
since July of
this wear,
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tried to enlist, he was turned down
because of poor eyesight.
The family came to Washington
last January from Boston, Mass.
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kaFNewS Of The District AreaS Fighting Meaz;a
D. c. Longone Family Boasts
Members in Armed Forces
Mother Also Takes Servicemon's Child
Into Her Home for Duration of War

Speaking Of patriotism!
The family of Mr. and Mrs William Langone 1896 Ely place
SE really knows what all out for the They
boast almost 100 cent participation in the effort
son. brothers. brothers-inaw three nephews
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-14
Frank Wood
Heart Victim
Dies While at
Work Thursdoy

A resident of Mount Clemens
for go years Frank r. Wood,
who was brought here as a six
weeks-old infant from his birth
place in Ontario, died suddenly
yesterday of a stroke, while at
work as a decorator in the St.
Louis church hall.
Services for Wood, who was
star Mount Clemens high
school athlete and one Of the all
time great halfbacks of tt e
school - from 1901 to 1904 -
will be held Monday morning
at $50 from the LaCroix &
Groesbeck Funeral Home and at
10 a. m. from the st. Louis
church. Prayers will be said at
8 p. m. on Saturday and Sun
day at LaCroix & Groesbeck's.
Surviving Mr.. Wood, who was
formerly a street car conductor
here, are his wife, Olive; a
daughter, Mrs. Russell Deter;
two brothers, Charles and Ed
win and two grandchildren, all
of Mount Clemens. Wood was a
member of the Mount Clemens
Monogram Club and of the Holy
Name Socie ty of st. Louis
Church.
The Wood family resides at
230 Croker boulevard.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-14
Great PrOfile'S
Treasures to Go
on the Block

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. IA Up
The personal treasures that
John Barrymore gathered in the
hilltop home he called his Chi
nese tenement will be offered
to a curious public Aug. "a and
rs at an auction to satisfy the
improvident actors tax judg-
ment and the claims of his cred
itors.
The effects, reflecting the late
stage and screen stars multi
faceted personality, range from
a handwritten Vellum book for
which he paid $4,000, to a o.
cent reading lamp that caught
his fancy; from rare and an
tique statuary brought from It.
ally to hundreds of pictures of
Indians, cowboys and buxom la
dies collected from cigaret pack
ages in earlier years.
There is crayon portrait of
him by John Sargent, and a
marble Barrymore bust by Paul
Manship. There are church vest
ments from old Spain, and an
armor suit dating back to the
days of Richard III.
Barrymore died May 20, age
so,
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smokescreen after abandoning
Sc firing points.
While the Russians took the
initiative in the north, the sit
uation in the Caucasus became
ever more grave.
RACE AHEAD
A Red army bulletin conced-
ed that German troops racing
toward tn Grozny oil fields had
reached Mineralnye Vody only
"a hours after breaking through
Soviet defenses at Cherkessk, so
miles to the west The Russians
said they were greatly outnum-
bered.
Mineralnye Vody is less than
IT'S miles from the Caspian Sea.
At midday, the Russians also
acknowledged that Nazi columns
driving toward NoVorossisk on
the Black Sea had cracked Sow
let defenses near Krasnador, IS
miles from the coast, forcing the
Red armies to fall back to a
new line.