Evening star., 1942-10-04

DISTRICT MEN LEAVE FOR {
Recruiting Station, Fourteenth
who left Friday for their basic
training which will qualify them TO,
duty with the Armored Force. They
are: Pvts. Gordon F. jenkins, hus-
band of Mrs. Clara jenkins, 1900 c
street NE; Howard L. Shartzer, sor
Of Mrs. Clyde Carter, 213 C street
NV; Wilson H. Clark, jr., husband
Of Mrs. Jean j. Clark, 821 Maryland
avenue NE; Louis j. Berrang, son
of Mrs Anna E. Berrang, % Eighth
street NE; Daniel M. Gibbs, son OF
Mrs. E. M. Gibbs, 1902 Apache street,
Branchville, Md, and John c. Yates,
son of Mrs. Zella McConchie Yates,
412 Fifth street NV.
Pvt. Gaetano j. Di Carlo, son of
Ulderico Di Carlo, 1853 Harvard street
NV, recently reported for training
at the Arnored Force School Com
munication Department here In
radio operation and maintenance.
At Camp Polk, La.
Pvt. Guy r. Caviness, son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Caviness, Bethesda, Md.
recently arrived here for duty with
the 18th Armored Division. Pvt.
Caviness has been assigned to COM
pany c, 81st Armored Medical Bat
talon.
Pvt. Sanford M. Walker. husband
of, Mrs. Marguerite Walker, Route
No. /, Box 1910, Central avenue, re-
Gently arrived here for training
and has been assigned to headquar-
ters, Supply Battalion, 7th Armored
Division.
Second 1t. William F.. Gardner,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Gard
ner, 1873 Ingraham street NV, has
reported for duty with the 11th
Armored Division here. 1t. Gardner
recently received his commission
upon graduation from the Armored
Force Officer Candidate School at
Fort Knox, KY. He formerly was
stationed with armored units at Fort
Benning, Ga. and Camp Cook, Calf
He also attended Quartermaster
Motor Transport School in Atlanta,
Ga.
At Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
Lawrence Archer Woodwell, son OF
Archer r. Woodwell, Kensington,
Nd. recently graduated from the
Ordnance Officer Candidate School
here and was commissioned a Sec
ond lieutenant in the Ordnance De-
partment of the United States Army.
Prior to his induction into the serv-
ice June S. 1941, 1t. Woodwell was
employed as real estate salesman.
He is graduate of Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School and the Univer-
sity of Maryland.
At Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Three District men graduated
from the Chemical Warfare School
here last Friday and were commis-
stoned second lieutenants in the
United States Army. They are Les
lie T. Lipscomb, 337 Willard avenue,
Chevy Chase, Md; James A. Wash
ington, 1868 Columbia road NV
and Morris Violin, 1852 Third street
NE.
Capt. Thomas L. Tansley, Tudor
Hall, 926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, was recently ordered to the
Chemical Warfare School here
Capt. Tansley was a pilot in the
United States Army Air Corps dur
ing World War I, serving overseas
for nine months. A native of the
District, he is a graduate of ST.
Johns College and Georgetown
University Law School. He has
practiced patent law since the last
war except for the two years he
served as attorney with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
At Kessler Field, Miss.
Second 1t. William G. Cornwen
husband of Mrs. w. G. Cornwell
1924 Seventeenth street NV, re-
Gently reported for duty at the
Army Air Forces Technical Train
ing Command School here. In
civilian life 1t. Cornwell was with
the Census Bureau.
At Camp Davis, N. c.
Three District men recently grad
uated from the Officer Candidate
Anti-Aircraft Artillery School here
and were commissioned second
lieutenants in the United States
Army. They are: Its. William R.
Fenton, 1880 Sixteenth street NV;
Jerome ]. Litvin of 1888 Thirteenth
streetstreet NV. and William H.
Sperry of 1905 Twenty fourth street
NV. 1t. Fenton was formerly en-
ployed by the Prince Georges Bank
:, Trust Co., Hyattsville, Md. Prior
to his entering the service 1t. Litvin
was employed by the I. S. Turover
Lumber Co. In civilian life 1t
Sperry was an outside reparman
for the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co.
At Camp Sutton, N. C.
Donald H. Edwards, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde H. Edwards, 540s
Eighth street NV, a member of
the 3o2d Ordnance Regiment sta
toned here, has recently been pro-
NOTED from the rank of technician
fifth grade, to that Of corporal
Corpl. Edwards, who is at present
attending Ammunition School, en-
listed in the Army in July Of this
year. In civilian life he was an
insurance Adjuster.
At Enid, Okla.
Aviation Cadet Charles A. Miller,
Is, son Of Mrs. Carrie Mae Miller,
1926 Tenth street NE, arrived
here recently to complete his basic
flight training. Cadet Miller at
tended Pennsylvania State College
Of Optometry. Philadelphia, from
les7-li. receivtng IN o. d. degrss.