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all-male band. Miss
Hutton cannot play a
single instrument. yet
she is a band leader
with a four-figured
weekly income.
Would this indicate
that an extensive
knowledge of music is
not necessary TO a band
leaderf
Max Baer. the az
( e CT e d ~ slap-happy
heavyweight i.g hter
acted as a band leader
for a period.
He knew nothing Of
music, but the band
played on all right and
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FFe"~N t
81 have q list OF
o ontYi buttons 10 the
Catholic Charities be-
fore mo and ! see that
the largest by an indi-
vidual 10 non-C Catholic
Walter Win o hell'A
After carefully scruti-
mixing the list ! fall 10
SEQ the name Of any
leader of the Christian
Front for anything"
A DID sights Of the
"A town: That lovely
locker named Virginia
S NTH Ell in d the
Whelan lunch-counter
at 47th and B'way.
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Price. Subject to SO ssIss Tss
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-04-22

MEMoS of Girl Friday
AVA Dear Mr.. W.: Mayris Clancy, Mrs. Roose-
velt's dancer-friend, will become the new
Florence In the dancing act known as Florence
n Alvarez.
Commentator John B. Kennedy via Station
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WRITES Boston husband:
w .You are continually making use of such
expressions 'pieasingiy plump and pleasantly
proportioned' In reference to stout females.
sYou seem to be addicted 70 ALTERATION and
appcascment. Your appeaserncut takes the form
Of excusing faults Of women that should not be
excused. ~.-e4ess sfsae.
@My dear SIR, there Is such thing rs
'pIeasIngiy plump woman. Piumpness In women
IL never pleasing. To make references to pleas
ingly plump women IL 20 cause spineless females
to postpone the dieting that II necessary for their
health and happiness
aOn our wedding day my wife weighed l21
pounds. Now seven years later she weighs 100
"Her plumpness 10 not pleasing TO me. Nor
has the additional weight improved her DISPOSE
xion. The plumper she gets the crabbier she
becomes
II want to have her reduce. I beg of You.
sir, to aid In this noble experiment. by ceasing
to refer to women who are pioasingiy pump
o pleasantly proportioned!'
"I repeat, no woman can be pleasingiy plump
As for pleasantly proportioned' that In only
fitting In describing n woman with figure IKE
Rita Hayworth"
NEWS item regarding theft of Lily Pons' fur
~ coat reveals 1t cost $1,000. That's lot OF
money 10 pay for a coat, but Mrs. Eosel roro
had fur coat that cost $4,000.
That slot-machine featuring the cherries ETC.,
and sometimes referred to as the 'One-Arm
Bandit" was invented by San Franciscan
Redhead' writes
"The Egyptian henna shortage Ii becoming
more acute because Of war conditions. Life IL
going 20 be hard for those imitation red-heads
Serves them right II h the synthetic red-heads
who have given natural red-heads o reputation
for having bad tempers, being gold diggers, ex-
travagant, etc"
British aviation and air raid expert William
Courtenay says both the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of the United States will be able to receive
12-hour advance warning of any mass air raid.
London usually gets about Ia minutes.
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Il. Y. DMy'Hn0
Distributed by KinE FEATURES syndicsts. Inc.

Al, hop swset 10 "a TO Lowell
Al. how gay 10 young desired
And What pleasing pains zoe prove
When zoe first approach loves fire.
Pains Of Lore be sweeter far
Than all other pleasures are
Dryden.
IN 1895 Gen. Douglas Macarthur said o! the
Philippine Islands:
"While they are not the door 10 the Pacific.
they are the key which turns the lock which
opens the door"
Britain drafts men up TO 81 years for active
military service.
Ina Raw Hutton. Slightly famous leader OF
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On the Side

ONLY Is muscles are required to make a smile.
" while 50 are required to make q frown.
So frown calls for q much greater expcndi-
ture of vitality That's one of the reasons grouchy
guys always have colds in the head
As to wife being able to tell whether .
lip-stick stain on . handkerchief II from her
iip-stickS she can do Il 20 some extent" writes
a young woman Of Manhattan.
"She can tell by tho shade Of red whether
n II hers or not II she uses tomato red lip
stick and finds carrot red lip-stick stain on her
husbands handkerchief she can rightly view this
stain with suspicion. You better warn your male
subscribers"
Greatest number of people to move from one
country to another in the twentieth century was
in 1907 when 33S.452 inhabitants Of Austria-Hun-
gary moved to the United States.
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photos before mailing them to managers. book
ing agents, ct al.
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NsxS Of The D!strct. AreaS Fighting 1g Ms9zd
%. C.. BIuejocket Louds Morale
In Southern Pacific Fleet
Letter Reveals Confidence Of Victory
In Bitterly Contested Struggle

came to move. The band played
California, Here I Come as We
climbed aboard. The band was
right but we didn't tarry long there
for we went aboard the transport
from the train. I made few lib
critics In Honolulu. Went swimming
at Waikiki Beach. Had few drinks
at the famous Royal Hawaiian Hotel.
Visited pineapple plantation and
even called at the telephone COM
pany. While in Honolulu tele-
phoned mother at Olean IN. y. It
was quite thrilling to talk to her
from so far away. We have been
gone from Pearl Harbor quite some
time now. and that's why I'm allowed
to mention our being there.
Recommended for Commission.
I'm glad I picked the Navy branch
of the service. The outfit I'm at
tached to is o. K. They're for tho
most part all regular fellows. Our
quarters are quite comfortable and
the food is excellent. I am one of
several of our battalion the COM
manding officer has recommended
for commission. So you can
understand why I'm quite satisfied.
Our letters are limited to two
pages so I'll say so long for now.
My best regards to all the fellows
and my love to all the girls. Good
luck to you all. I'll bring you each
a japanese house boy when como
back"
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at the Navy Recruiting Station Oc-
tober 2 and was ordered to Norfolk
the following day.
Since then he has had little to
do with music or drums except for
few whirls at the traps when he
visited some friends who are mem
beers of the Naval Recruiting Sta
ton Band.
However, he took time out one
evening last week to compose a
little song in honor of unit x" the
detention unit where he spent the
first three weeks in training. The
song was introduced and sung by
Curly at a smoker staged by the
station crew.
Fox, native Of Westfield. Mass,
began his musical career when he
was IL years old, playing the drums
in a school orchestra. His family
moved to Washington when he was
IA years old. and he joined the or
chestra at Central High School.
His first regular job was with a
small band playing at the Washing
ton Hotel in 1919. He later organ
lied his own band and was en-
ployed at the Lotus Restaurant. Il
In 1897 he Joined the Loew's
orchestra, then under the direction
Of Phil Lampkin. now In the Army.
He remained there until he enlisted
In the Navy.
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serst, j. H. Erhardt, Impairment Comdr.
Elvin M. Luskey, United Spanish
War Veterans of the District of
Columbia, and great-grandson Of
the late William A. Luskey, veteran
of the Civil War. His brother
Earle is seaman. second class, at
the Naval Air Station in Anacostia.
His wife resides with her mother.
Mrs. Elmer Right, 1916 G street NE.
At Columbia, S. C.
Second 1t. Byron G.. Andrews,
son of Mrs. Lucille Andrews. 2816
Connecticut avenue NV, recently
reported for duty at the Army Air
Base here and has been assigned to
medium bombardment group as
pilot. 1t. Andrews. who was com-
missioned last month, received his
specialized training at Kelly,
Brooks and Ellington Fields, Tex;
Army Air Base, Chichasha, Okla,
and the School of Aviation, Waco,
Tex.
AT Boiling Field.
Capt. George C. Calder. 100 East
Braddock road, Alexandria, Va, is
now a member of the Corps Of
Engineers attached to the Army
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The following letter written by
former District resident and en-
ploye OF the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., o. j. Cain, chief
storekeeper. from somewhere in the
Southern Pacific with the United
States Navy, is exemplary Of the
morale Of our bluejackets In the
combat area.
II remember telling you all just
after enlisted in the Navy that
there was nothing more to worry
about. That good ole o. j. would
soon be in there pitching and none
could stand long against his torrid
slants. Well, there are a lot of us
in there pitching really working
hard and long hours. We know we're
doing lots of important work and
from all reports are doing bang-up
job. Eventually we all know that
we are going to win but we also
know now that there are some pretty
good pitchers among the little
yellow men, And that the contest
is going to be longer and more bit
terly contested than any of us
originally thought. I wish I could
tell you where I am and what our
outfit has done and is doing but
censorship forbids.
Trained at Norfolk.
II can tell you that we trained at
Norfolk. Then one day the order
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signed to the air depot here as
assistant depot supply officer. Prior
to his entrance into the Army, 1t.
Morris was associate administrative
analyst with the headquarters of the
Army Air Forces in Washington. A
graduate of Georgetown University,
he is a member of Delta Sigma Pi
Fraternity.
At Camp Lee, Va.
Hugh G. Darnell, son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar C. Darnell, Alexandria.
Va, has been promoted from the
grade of private to that of corporal
at the Quartermaster. Replacement
Training Center here. Corpl. OAR
nell is attached to Company E, 18th
Quartermaster Training Regiment,
with duties as drill corporal. Prior
to his induction he was employed
by the War Department as a junior
clerk-typist.
Second 1t. Richard H. Fox, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard B. Fox, SOL
Forest Glen road, Silver Spring, Md,
was one of eight officer candidates
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He wasn't just any new naval re-
cruit who kept "patting" his feet
and Shaping" his rifle so much to
the annoyance of his drill officer.
He's the same fellow with the long,
broad forehead who used to tear
'em apart" for Sam Jack Kaufman
at the Loew's Capitol Theater.
Yes, Curly's still beating them
out. And just in case you have
never met Curly" the man who
murdered the traps for theater-
goers here in the Nations Capital,
he's Ralph S. Fox, now member
Of the United States Navy, at
tached to the Naval Air Station at
Norfolk, Va.
For the past four weeks Curly has
been beating them out" all right,
but he's been doing 1t with his feet
on the drill field.
Now that his regular course of
recruit training is about over. Curly
expects to return to Washington,
prop his tired feet against q bass
drum and roll out some more of
that "hot" rhythm for jitterbugging
bluejackets at the Anacostia Naval
Air Station.
Married, 80 years old and with q
mother to support, he probably
would not have had to enlist, but he
decided to offer his services because
he felt It was his duty. He enlisted
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was an archeologist with the
Smithsonian Institute.
At Fort Bliss, Tex.
Pvt. Dario A. Pagliai, 1926 YER
mont avenue NV, was recently
promoted to the grade of corporal.
He was formerly employed as a
clerk in the Treasury Department.
. 1t. Malcolm B. Melroy, 1861 Prim-
rose road NV. recently arrived here
for duty as Sanitary Corps officer
of the Medical Corps. Prior to his
entrance into the armed forces, 1t.
Melroy was research bacteriologist
in cancer research at the National
Institute of Health.
At Durham, N. G.
Christopher Smith. son Of Mrs.
Edwin w. Cats, 903 Farragut street
NV. was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the United States
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Capt. George C. Calder. 1910.
At Naval Aviation Cadet Selection
Board.
Malcolm K. Ross, jr., 3401 Newark
street NV, has been selected for
training as a naval aviation cadet
and will be ordered to report to the
United States Navy Pre-Flight
School in Athens, Ga, to begin his
initial training. He attended West
ern High School where he was q
member of the High School Cadets.
In civilian life Cadet Ross was en-
ployed by the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co.
Also recently selected as naval
aviation cadets are Richard P.
Thomas. son of Mr.. and Mrs. B.
S. Thomas, 4516 Burlington road
Hyattsville, Md, and Alan E. Kin
sci, 23l6 TThirty-ninth street NV.
Cadet Thomas attended Hyattsville
High School. Prior to his enlist
ment, he was employed by the
Washington Daily News. Cadet
Kinsel attended Fishburne Military
School, Waynesboro, Va, and the
Virginia Military Institute. In
civilian life he was employed by
the Post Office Department.
Anthony D. Kennedy, son Of Mrs.
A. K. Kennedy, $40 Culpeper street,
Warrenton. Va, and John p. Wood,
son of Mrs. G. L. Wood, 56O6 Fifth
street NV, have also recently been
selected as naval aviation cadets.
Cadet Kennedy. graduate of War
renton High School. was formerly
employed by the War Department.
Cadet Wood attended Roosevelt
High School where he was mem
Der Of the High School Cadets. He
also attended American University
for two years and is affiliated with
Alpha Kappa ri fraternity. In
civilian life he was employed by
the United States Public Health
Service.
Another District area man to be
selected as naval aviation cadet
Is Ernest E. Wiley. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Wiley. Lorton, Va. Cadet
Wiley attended Fairfax High School,
and was formerly employed BY the
Department Of Justice.
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Both boys in Richard Nethercutt.
tend to remain in the Regular Army
after the war is over A younger
brother, 10, is planning to enlist in
the armed forces next week.
At Walnut Ridge. Ark.
Five men from Washington re-
Gently arrived at the Army Air
Forces Flying School here to begin
their basic training in flying. They
are Aviation Cadets Richard F. Rig
giles son of DR.. and Mrs. j. Lewis
Riggles. 4OO7 Connecticut avenue
NV: Daniel w. Riordan. son of Mr..
Daniel P. Riordan, 1855 Fourth
street S.W.: Gene l.. Douglas, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Douglas,
2oOl Sixteenth street NV; Gerald
B. Eakle. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
ton C, Eakle, 229 First street NE,
and Frank c. Gass, jr., son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank c. Gass, ITO Park
road NV. Cadets Gass, Riggles and
Riordan received their initial train
ing at the Southern Aviation Train
ing School in Decatur, Ala. Cadets
Douglas and Eakle completed their
primary training at Harrell Field,
Camden. Ark.
AT Camp Stoneman. Calf.
Samuel Lo Presti. formerly of
Washington, has been promoted to
the rank of private first class here.
Prior to his induction into the Army
pvt. Lo Presti was employed as chief
clerk by the War Department.
At Miami Beach, Fla.
Four men from the District Met
ropolitan Area graduated last week
from the Army Air Forces Officer
Training School here and are now
prepared to take over executive
duties in Air Forces maintenance.
They are: Capt. Warren c. Sullivan,
son of Bart Sullivan, 300 North
Wayne, Arlington, Va. and Albert
D. Wallace, husband Of Mrs. Helen
C. Wallace 1901 Linden lane. Silver
Spring, Md: First 1t Andrew
O'Conner, husband Of Mrs. Helen
OConner, Vienna. Va, and Second
1t. Allan c. Schieck, husband OF
Mrs. Mary J. Schieck, 1896 jackson
street NE. ... -
Also recent graduates of the OFF,
Ger Training School here are: Maj.
William Buell., husband of Mrs.
Helen Buell., Al West Washington,
Kensington, Md, and Second Its.
Jerome Copbe. husband of Mrs. Har-
riet M. Cobbe, 4421 Maple avenue,
Bethesda. Md, and William Brecht.
son of Mrs. Miriam Brecht, 134
Glenbrook road, Bethesda, Md.
At Pensacola, Fla.
Sixteen young men from Wash
1ngton who enlisted in the Navy
last month have recently completed
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jackson street 1t. John D. Dodge.
NE, and John Doane Dodge, son
of Mrs. Carman Dodge, 204 Wilkes
street, Alexandria. Va. 1t. Frisbie
is member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity and 1t. Snow was for
merly an attorney in the Office of
Emergency Management. Prior to
entering the armed forces, 1t. Dodge
was employed as priority analyst
for the War Production Board and
1t. Chaplin was an apprentice in
the Government Printing Once.
At Great Lakes, Ill.
Three men from Washington
recently reported to the eth Naval
District here for training as petty
officers. Upon completion Of this
training. they will be assigned ac-
tive duty either with the United
States fleet at sea or with another
naval shore station. They are:
Owen E. Gibson. "a, yeoman (third
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Army last wed
nesday upon
graduation from
the Officers
C a n d / d a t e
School here at
Duke University.
1t. Smith at
tended Roosevelt
High School and
W as formerly
employed as re-
celvng and COL
lection teller at
the Du on t
Circle branch of
thu Rinne Ma
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District Man Gables Family
Of Safe Arrival And Promotion
Washington Marine Appointed Member
Of Joint Service Presentation Board

their preliminary training at the
Naval Air Station here. They are:
George w. Maykrantz, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George S. Maykrantz, 1920
Chillum place NE; Robert P. Lane,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bertram Lane,
1448 T street Sc; James B. Hibbs,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs E. A. Hibbs, 424
Buchanan street NV; Buel E. Car
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Felix E.
Carson, 1904 East Capitol street;
Henry A. Collins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James w. Collins. 1917 Thirty
third street NV; Turney P. Con-
way, son of Mr.. and Mrs. william
r. Conway, 1928 D street Sc; Neil
E. Armstrong. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie E. Armstrong, II U street
NV.
John P. Watterson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph F. Watterson, 1903 A
street Sc; John L. Summers, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Pressly Summers,
1873 Pennsylvania avenue Sc;
Schley B. Wilson, jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. S. B. Wilson, 1923 A street
Sc: Francis Weiner, son of Mrs.
Katherine Weiner, 50O6 Sherrier
place NV: Francis L. Thomas, son
of Mr.. and Mrs Thomac F. Lacy,
1875 A street Sc; William j. Mas
tiers, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. w.
Masters, 5152 Fulton street NV:
Ralph M. Brensinger, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert C. Brensinger, 807 E
street Sc; Alfred Sumner Hack,
son of John Hack, 513 Newcomb
street Sc, and Harold K. Seeley.
son of Robert w. Seeley, 436 Fourth
street NE.
At Athens, Ga.
Four naval aviation cadets from
the Washington area have recently
enrolled in the United States Navy
Pre-f1ight School here. They are:
Graham Renwick Finlayson, 1929
Oliver street. Chevy Chase. Md;
William C. Warner. son of DR.. H. E.
Warner, 1900 Carroll avenue, Ia
koma Park; Merritt Ogle Chance.
son of Capt. Gordon M. j. Chance,
Brookville, Md, and Joseph Dullea,
son of j. C. Dullea, 4531 Thirty
second street, Mount Rainier, Md.
At Camp Claiborne, La.
Second 1t George Frederick Nash,
1917 F street NV, recently arrived
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IL. NcH@ro N. HoA. u II 7 II q
Roosevelt High Schools and was
formerly a troop leader in the Boy
Scouts.
Milton w. Waring, 1892 Cam
bridge place NV, was recently pro-
NOTED from first lieutenant to the
rank of captain. He is commanding
officer of Company G., 18th Regi-
ment, Quartermaster Replacement
Training Center here. Capt War
ing, a graduate of Benjamin Frank
lin University. was formerly an
agent for the Metropolitan Life In
surance Co. He was commissioned
in 1899.
Earl S. Smith, son of Mrs. Ross
Thomas, 913 Forty-f1fth place NE,
was recently promoted from the
grade Of corporal to that OF sergeant
at the Quartermaster Replacement
Training Center here. He is at
tached to Company G, 18th Regi-
ment (colored) with duties as pla-
toon sergeant. Prior to his induc-
ton June S. 1912, Sergt. Smith was
employed as a messenger In the
War Department.
At Quonset Point, r.. I.
Gerald P. Flood, former chief of
station relations of the radio Sec
ton of the War savings staff, has
been commissioned a lieutenant in
the United States Naval Reserve
and assigned to the Naval Air Sta
ton here. A native of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, 1t. Flood Is a graduate
of the Law School of George Wash
irgton University and was asso-
ciated with the Universal Credit
Co.. Ford Motor Co., and Chrysler
Corp. before joining the War saw
ings staff early this year.
At Camp Pickett, Va.
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At Greenville, Tex.
Corpl. Robert T. Purdum, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Purdum,
Farregot, Kensington, Md, is now
stationed at the Basic Flying School
here. Corpl. Purdum. who enlisted
in the Army Air Forces in April,
1912, was stationed at Midland
Army Flying School. Tex, and the
Waco Army Flying School. Tex, be-
fore being transferred here. He
has been assigned to the 630th
School Squadron here.
At San Antonio, Tex.
Six men from the District re-
Gently reported at the Aviation
Cadet Center here to begin their
pre-f1ight training. They are:
Liscum w. Borden, 2910 Woodland
drive NV: Russell E. Green, 304
Thirty fourth place NE; Wallace
g. Kistler, 235 Rock Greek Church
road NV; Charles w. Mallard, 81
A street NE; James E. Pierce, 2415
E street NV, and Thomas H. Street.
1908 Belmont street NV.
Aviation Cadet Cletus +. Hord,
20, Gas Georgia avenue NV. is now
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ley High School and the University
of Maryland, where he was commits
stoned second lieutenant in the
r. o. T. c. He is a member of Sigma
Phi Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa
and Pi Delta Epsilon Fraternities.
In civilian life he was deferred
credit manager for the Hecht Co.
Maj. and Mrs. Takes, the former
Miss Myrtle E. Krebs of Washing
ton, were married last year and are
now residing at 1875 Cameron ave-
nue., Colonial Heights. Va.
First 1t. Ira F. Willard, former
attorney in the United States Gen.
eral Accounting Office and now a
member Of the staff and faculty OF
the Quartermaster School here, was
recently promoted to the rank of
captain. The newly appointed cap
tain, graduate of the University
Of South Carolina, was called to
active duty May l, 1941.
At Harrington, Tex.
Edward w. Griffin, son of Mr.. and
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enrolled in the Army Air Forces
Pre-Flight Training School here.
Prior to his becoming an aviation
cadet, he was on patrol duty as an
enlisted bombadier-navigator for
two years.
At Fort BelvOir, Va.
Pvt. James 1. Frazier, Gathers
burg, Md, recently reported here to
begin his basic training in Army
engineering as member of Com
pany B, 9th Training Battalion.
At Geiger Field, Wash.
Sergt. John H. Erhardt, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Erhardt,
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1t. Christopher Smith. tional Bank. He
enlisted in the armed forces March
8. 1912, at the Finance Replacement
Training Center at Fort Harrison,
Ind.
At Camp Lee, Va.
Walter N. Takes, 1912 Ingraham
street NV, son of Mrs. Dorothy L.
Takes, was recently promoted from
the rank of captain to that of major
in the Quartermaster Corps here
at the Replacement Training Center
with duties as technical instructor
in the clothing and textile school.
Maj Takes is graduate of McKin-