Evening star., 1943-04-25
Seven Flight Cadets
Are Commissioned
AT Randolph Field
9 From D. G. Area
At Shepherdstown, W. Vo.;
Other Troinee News

men from the Washington area
graduated Wednesday from advanced
| flying schools here at the Army Air
Forces Gulf Coast Training Center
and were commissioned second lieu
tenants. They are: Howard H.
Higgins, jr., 818 Alabama avenue
Sc; Donald V. Mayer, 1925 K street
NV; Robert T. Merrill III, 25O1
Fourteenth street NV; Richard R.
Osburn, 2415 Eighteenth street NV;
James E. Pierce, 2415 E street NV:
Robert S. Seller, 1922 @ street NV,
and John S. Harpster, 21O Crestmoor
circle, Silver Spring, Md.
Shepherdstown Trainees.
sHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va
Nine cadets from the Washington
area have reported here for Army
flight training. They are: Michael
w. Field, Staunton, Va; Whitmal
w. Cheney, Washington: Carl H.
Klefbeck, Washington; Frederick H.
Lane, Alexandria, Va; Carl A. Lett
kan, Washington; Forrest E. Ryder,
"a Wine avenue, Hyattsville, Md;
Jack L. Spicer, Arlington, Va;
Robert E. Won Otto Washington,
and Enrique Miles, 1412 Twenty first
street NV.
Enrolled at Yale.
| NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Aviation
Cadet Manuel F.. Iglesias, son of
Mrs Cantiago Iglesias, 2175 Porter
street NV. has entered the Army
Air Forces Technical School here at
Yale University, where he will un-
dergo intensive training toward his
becoming technical officer in COM
munications with the rank of a Sec
ond lieutenant.
Three other cadets from the WASH
ington area are also enrolled in the
Army Air Forces Technical Training
School here at Yale University. They
are: Paul o. Drury, formerly of
Washington; Wendell B. Hallett,
son of Mrs. Marcus Hallett. 6525
Piney Branch road NV, and Robert
D. Baldwin, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
V. G. Baldwin, 4509 Riverdale road,
Riverdale. Md.
At Armored Force Center.
FORT KNOX, Ky.-Six Washing
ton men have reported to the
Armored Force Replacement Train
ing Center here for their basic train
ing. They, are: Pvts. John G.. Sem
mes, son of 1t. Col. H. H. Semmes,
U. S. A., 5000 Thirty ninth street
NV; Howard Wittenmyer, 5420
Connecticut avenue NV: Julian E.
Weissner, jr., son of Mrs. Venetia M.
Weissner, 40l A street NE; Vincent
N. Holiday, 3409 Fourteenth street
NV; Henry N. Bono, son of Evert
L. Bono, 3947 Harrison street NV,
and Harry r. Laughton, 2919 Yost
place NE.
William d. Hutchinson, son of
Mrs. Marguerite j. Hutchinson, 6O4
Van Buren street NV, and Paul A.
Policy, son OF Mrs. Pearl Policy, So
Rhode Island avenue NV, recently
were commissioned second lieuten-
ants upon graduation from the
officer candidate course.
Sergt. Joseph Mathis. son of J.F
Mathis, Brookeville, Md, graduated
recently from the Tank Mechanics
Department of the Armored Force
School.
Sergt. H. Glenn Thorpe, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. b. A. Thorpe, 1908
North Pershing drive, Arlington, Va,
| Is now attending the Officer Candi-
date School here at the Armored
Force Replacement Training Center.
Four at Finance Center.
/ FORT HARRISON, Ind.-Four
men from the Washington area have
reported to the Army Finance Re-
placement Training Center here to
begin their basic training in finance.
Ihey are: Pvts. Colonel A. Richard
son, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Rich
ardson. ALL Twenty-eighth street,
Mount Rainier, Md; Allan McGraw,
son OF Mrs. John Allan Dougherty,
1868 Columbia road NV; Ray Rob-
ertson, husband of Mrs. Lucy Rob-
ertson, 1401 South Barton street,
Arlington, Va, and Carlton Jencks,
formerly an accountant in the Office
OF the Quartermaster General.
Naval School Graduates.
GREAT LAKES, Ill-Five men
from the Washington area gradu-
ated recently from service schools
here at the United States Naval
Training Station and were pro-
NOTED to second or third class petty
officers. They are: Ralph j. Basile,
10. son of Mr. and Mrs. Amedeo
Basile, 745 Sixth street Sc, ma
chinist's mate, second class; Bernard
A. Hassett. 10, 2807 North Capitol
street; Richard A. Paduda, II, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Paduda, 1922
B street Sc, and William j. Nc
Grath, 20, 129 Tenth street NE,
all torpedomen's mates, third class,
and Jerry NJ Kelley, 20, son of Mrs.
Lola Kelley, 1874 Capitol View ave-
mate, second class
Complete Electricians Course.
AMES, Iowa-Five District men
recently graduated from the Nays
trade school for electricians at Iowa
State College and have been ad-
vanced in rating. They are George
B. Christopher, 18, son of John L.
Christopher, 1914 Minnesota avenue
Sc, fireman, second class; Clifford
w. Schoffer, jr., 81, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. w. Schoffer, CAT East Capt.
tol street, fireman, second class;
William j. Shepherd, 10, son of Mr.
and Mrs. o. A. Shepherd, 1910 Shep-
herd street NE, fireman, second
class; Charles A. Quattlebsum, 10,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Quattle-
baum, ia E street NV, fireman,
second class, and Joseph v. Weeks,
10, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. James E.
Weeks, 4408 Fourteenth street NE,
fireman, second class.
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