Evening star., 1943-05-09
Eight From, D. c.
Awarded Wings
At Flying School
J in Training to
Fight Submarines
At Miami Base

from the Washington area recently
were awarded wings and commits
stoned second lieutenants in the
Army Air Forces upon graduation
from the Advanced Flying School
They are: William H. Bell, jr, son of
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Bell, 243
Longfellow street NV; Martin E.
Brown, former District commercial
artist; Lewes Wilson Fleming, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cornelius Flem-
ing. 2l29 Eighteenth street NV;
Llewellyn Norfleet Pope, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Norfieet Pope, 4102
Twelfth street NE.
Howard Weiss Sweeny, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry P. SWeeny, 470l
Connecticut avenue NV; Arthur
Edward George, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Atwell George, COS North
Highland street, Arlington. Va;
Ralph Waldo Emerson Webb son
of Mr.. and Mrs. N. M. Webb, former
employe of the Department of Agri-
culture, and Leonard John Sonka,
formerly printer with the Wash
ington Daily News.
Chapel Hill Graduates.
CHAPEL HILL, N. C.-Four men
from the Washington area have
completed their training here at the
United States Navy Pre- Flight
School. They are Naval Aviation
Cadets Hedrick Laurence Wolford,
son of Hedrick w. Wolford, 7O6
North Ivy street, Arlington, Va;
Thomas Frederick Schumacher, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. R. N. Schumacher,
1927 Shadipido avenue, Boulevard
Heights. Md; James Harry Jacobv,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. F. Jacoby, llo
Quincy place NE, and William +.
Graves, jr. son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
T. Graves. 204 Fifth street Sc. Ca
iets Wolford and Schumacher have
been transferred to Peru, Ind. for
primary training, and Cadets Jacoby
and Graves have been sent to the
Naval Air Station at Glenview, Ill.
Study Anti-Sub Tactics.
MIAMI, Fla.-Seven men from the
Washington area are now recelv-
ing specialized training in antisub-
marine warfare here at the NAVY
Subchaser Training Center. They
are: Edward N. De Preitas. signal
man, second class, husband of Mrs.
Vera N. De Preitas, 1900 Taylor street
NV: Julius w. Snider, seaman. sec
ond class, husband of Mrs. j. Snider.
1929 Knox terrace Sc: Peter E.
Llnkins, signalman. second class,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas A.
Llnkins. 628 M street Sc.
James H. Hitaffer, fireman. third
class, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce H.
Hitaffer. 1915 Fort Davis street Sc:
Dennis j. Morgan. seaman, second
class, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
Morgan. 1922 D street Sc: Demo
P. Trilli. radioman. third class. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Trilli, 720 C
street NE, and Ira Brown, radio
man, third class, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chauncey Brown, Crestview, Md.
Two Shifted to Pensacola.
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Naval Aviation
Cadets James Nick Dracos. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Dracos. "A Seaton
place NV, and William F. Wetmore,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William Wet
more, 2840 Military road Arlington.
Va, have completed their primary
training and have been transferred
to the Naval Air Station at Pensa-
cola, Fla, for basic and advanced
Hospital School Graduate.
GREAT LAKES. Ill.-George M.
"a, 1929 Belmont street
NV, recently graduated from the
Hospital Corps School here at the
United States Naval Hospital with
the rating of hospital apprentice,
second class.
Eight men from the Washington
area have arrived at the United
States Naval Training Station here
for their basic training They are:
Claude j. Bailey, 18. son of Mrs.
Catherine Bailey, lO4 Seventeenth
street Sc; Walter E. Garges, 80,
husband of Mrs. Helen Garges, 422
Seventeenth street Sc: James c.
Smith, 18, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ezra Smith, 220 South Carolina
avenue Sc; Joseph L. Mccormick.
36, 314 Raymond avenue. Alexandria,
Va, son of Mrs Evelyn Mccormick:
Elmer A. Sichert l8, 1926 Kingston
avenue. Boulevard Heights, Md;
Roy Bernard Linkins, Is, son of Mr.