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Evening star., 1943-09-26
Flyer. in England,
Wins Air Medal for
Gallanfry in Action

1t. Henri j. Bernard, formerly OF
6 Old Chester road, Bethesda, Nd,
now bombardier navigator with
the Air Forces in England, has been
awarded the Air Medal, with cluster,
for gallantry in action. Tt. Bernard,
son of the late Andre Bernard, was
born in Bethesda, and attended
George Washington University. He
received his commission in the Air
Forces in October. 1912, at Phoenix,
Ariz. Since June he has been flying
in a BIS Marauder.
Lit. Bernard once was an usher at
the Little Theater. His sister, Mrs.
Reuben Moore, lives at the Old Ches-
ter road address. He is married, and
lives In Mississippi.
Capt. Turman Now a Major.
Capt. Irving p. Turman, whose
wife, Mrs. Sara Turman, lives at
5000 Thirty-ninth street NV, has
been promoted to major in England.
A graduate Of Cornell and Harvard
Universities, Maj. Turman formerly
was assistant director Of trading
and exchange division, Securities
and Exchange Commission. While a
member of this agency, he was Sc
lected by the special assistant to
President Roosevelt to be member
Of the Drafting Committee which
drafted the first rules and regula-
tions under the Selective Service Act,
1t. Plumley Promoted.
Also announced recently was the
promotion of First 1t. Walter p.
Plumley, chaplain, to captain. He is
the son of Mrs. Nellie G. Plumley.
Ontario Apartments, and the hus-
band of Mrs. Dorothy Lee Plumley,
600 Braxton place, Alexandria, Va.
He formerly was assigned to st.
Mary's Episcopal Church, Haddon
Heights, N. j. He Is q graduate Of
the University of Maryland, where
he won letters in track and cross.
country running.
Koeber Wins Conduct Medal.
Technician, fifth grade, Edward
Koeber, jr., son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Koeber, ST., 903 Sixth street
S.W., has been awarded the Good
Conduct Medal.
Train Under Battle Conditions.
Two Washington men are training
with their infantry unit under live
artillery and machine gun fire. They
are Corpl. Monzo D. Jordan, 1901
Euclid street NV, and Corpl.
Douglas Leonard Whetzel, l40
Quincy place NE, both of whom
arrived in England last October.
Their program includes mile-long
battle indoctrination" course, am
phibious operations and practice in
operating in small units behind en-
emy lines.
The battle exercises are described
by an officer as "the closest thing to
actual combat we know" The mems
only contact with home units is q
truck which comes once day to toss
out canned rations. Without cooks,
the men can eat the food raw or
heat it in tin can lids over brush
fires. To keep the squads on the
alert, men Of mobile intelligence
unit visit their bivouacs in tine night
to harass them with tear gas and
smoke bombs.
Other Promotions Announced.
Corpl. Lloyd R. Harvey, whose wife,
Mrs. Evelyn Cobb Harvey, lives at
1883 Columbia road NV, has been
promoted to sergeant.
/ Pvt. William G. Smith, son of Mrs.
Sophie G. Smith, 1923 D street NE,
| was promoted to CORPORAL.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

way IN a letter
home:
ut was about
the best air raid
I've seen yet.
Th ey re ! y
raised cain for
about an hour.
When the alarm
went off, I was
in bed, but it
only took me a
few seconds to
get out of bed
and into my fox
hole.
And tn a t. S
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Standing Retreat over here is an
experience I shall always remember; /;
in fact, it is one of the few things
ever worth remembering. After the
fol-de-rol which accompanies any
Army formation, there are a few
brief moments that must cause
some STRINGS, however slight, in all
of us. I know they do in me.
1--WE are standing at attention and
facing west, toward a tall peak be-
hind which the sun has just sunk.
In valley before us, out of sight,
the regimental buglers blow Re
treat and it comes family but clear
ly to us.
"All around us, but unseen, are
other troops in the same attitude
but each individual could be alone
for all the silence that surrounds us
We then come to present arms and
there comes to us in the same man
ner the sound of the band playing
The Star Spangled Banner which
under our circumstances carries a
much deeper significance and mean
ing than 1t ever did before. AS the
last notes die away, the sun has
completely disappeared behind the
peak, and for brief moment there
is a complete hush. War and all
its terrible aspects seem a long ways
away
But then the mirage fades; the
moment is gone. Chow is called and
here we go again."
Of another quiet moment, Pfc.
Elasser says:
"'Silver Taps played the night
some member of the regiment had
gone to his reward, I think, the most
beautiful Of calls, despite its impli-
cation of the loss of a brother in
arms far from his home and loved
ones.
&c" 1t strikes you, just as
certain solemn and pungent mo-
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Lit. c. X. Dorr. ward.
Pfc Edwin L. Guilday, 21, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael D. Guilday,
1906 Park road NV, recently was
promoted to corporal. He enlisted
in the Marine Corps in January,
1912.
Pvt. William K. Davis, son of Will
liam F.. Davis, 104 Patton road, In
dian Head, Md, has been pro-
NOTED to private first class. He has
been in the Marine Corps since Mo-
vember, 1941, and has seen action
against the japanese on Guadal-
canal.
Pvt. Richard H. French, %, son
of Harrison B. French, 1913 Sharon
drive, Silver Spring, Md, has been
promoted TO private first class. He
enlisted in the Marine Corps in
January, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Normunin South America
As Air Forces Serqeont

Ray Norman, son of Mrs. Annie
Bryant Norman, Ais New Jersey
avenue Sc, recently was promoted
to sergeant in the Army Air Forces.
Now at South American air base
guarding the approaches to the
Caribbean area, he entered the serv-
ice in october, 1941, at Camp Lee,
Va, and was assigned overseas in
December, 1912. He was employed
by the Agriculture Department three
years.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Parafrooper Is Veteran
Of Fighting in Europe

Norman J. Hodges, 1929 Otis
street NE, now serving with para
troop regiment in the European war
theater, has been promoted to SER
geant. Before entering the service
in l941, Sergt. Hodges was employed
by the General Accounting Once,
records division. Since landing In
Africa, he has taken part in several
engagements, Including the inva-
sion Of Sicily. He attended st. An
thongs School and was graduated
from Mckinley High School. where
he was on the football team.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Father and Son Serve
In Coast Guard, Novy

Chief Petty Officer John A. Shall
cross, Coast Guard Reserve, former
ly with the District Fire Depart
ment, and his son, Seaman (First
Glass; John A. Shallcross, jr., U. S.
N, former Anacostia High School
student, are another father-son
combination in the service.
Chief Petty Officer Shallcross was
with the Fire Department here 10
years. He is stationed at Philadel-
phia and he and Mrs. Shallcross
make their home in Camden, N. j.
Seaman Shallcross is now some
where in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
| Four O'ConneH
Brothers Servinq;
Fifth DISCHARGED

Dennis O'Connell, 16 Buchanan
street NE, whose two sons, Pat and
Bill, met in North Africa recently,
has four sons in the service now
that Joseph O'Connell has been in
Quoted at Camp Lee, Va.
Sergt. Bill O'Connell entered the
service week before Pearl Harbor
and is now in North Africa. In
Evening star., 1943-09-26
News From South Pacific.

dt. W. 81 SlldS.
R. Dorr, son
of Mr.. and Mrs.
G.. w. Dorr, 3518
T h ir t y = fifth
street NV, is
stationed in the
Southwest P a.
cifc. He was
graduated from
t h e University
Of Maryland in
1941, and in 1912
W a S graduated
from the Navy
S u pply Corps
School at Har-
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Bill O'ConnelI. Pat O'ConneH.
Sicily is Specialists Mate, first class,
Pat O'Connell, who enlisted in the
Navy year ago last May. Pvt.
Thomas O'Connell went into the Air
Forces last April and is now at
Mountain Home Army Base, Idaho.
A fifth son, John, received medical
discharge from the Coast Guard
after six months service.
The boys father recently was re-
tired from the Federal Works
Agency.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

1 1OlN, Sdlll
Pfc. Clarence A.
Buckley, jr., son
of Mrs. Clarence
Buckley, Clifton,
Va, has been
promoted to cor
poral here with
the Quartermas-
ter Corps. Corpl.
Buckley attend
ed Fairfax High
School and be-
f ore entering
the service in
March was en-
ployed at the
Falls G. h ur C h
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Courtney Back in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah.-Pfc.
Jack Lanier Courtney, 81, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Courtney. 1912
Twelfth street NV, recently re-
turned here after a furlough at
home. He previously was stationed
at Los Angeles, Calf.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

where he was a member of the foot.
ball team
Boss at Tennessee Field.
Student Frederick Boss, 19. son OF
Mrs. Dorothy D. Boss, 619 Gist ave-
nue.. Silver Spring, Md, has arrived
at this Army air center. He was a
member of Roosevelt High football
teams and attended Knox College.
Galesburg, Ill.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

kNoA VA IA L ANo W
his parents.
He writes:
There is one
brief m o m e n t
during the day
that 7 actually
look forward to,
and would Ger
tainly hate to
miss. In this it
is possible I don't
share the feel
in gs OF m y
b r o t h e r s in
arms as they
mi 6 h t prefer
- -s.J -
Evening star., 1943-09-26

WIN MS squad
ron at Orlando
and Brooksville,
Fla, as arma-
ment officer in
the Army Air
Forces School of
Applied Tactics
He has reported
back here. 1t.
Nelson received
his commission
at Yale in June.
He was en-
ployed by the
Washington Gas
Light Co loefore
Evening star., 1943-09-26

CAMP COOK, Calif-Corpl.
George B. Williams, 1901 Potomac
avenue Sc, recently was awarded
the Army Good Conduct Medal. He
has been in the Army two years.
MeRory Expert Morksmon
FORT BRAGG, N. C.-Pvt. James
K. McRary,, 837 Longfellow street
NV, has qualified as expert in rifle
fire; his score, 1874 out of 200.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Solemn Thoughts Thrill Soldier
At Retreat and Silver Taps

Some of the deeper, more solemn
thoughts which pass through a SOL
dier's mind are expressed by Pfc.
Edward Elsasser, Is, in letters from
Evening star., 1943-09-26

G. R E E N S.
BORO. N. c.
Air Cadet Albert
Berkman. son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. S.
Berkman, 607
Roxsboro place
NV, is receiv-
ing basic train
ing h ere. Be
f ore entering
the service on
his 18th birth
day, G a d e t
Berkman W as
attending Cal
vim Cooli ! d & e
HIGH Schn0l
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Corpl Joseph D. Leverone, %, of
313 Webster street NV, who is now
in Sicily, described an air raid he
experienced in North Africa this
Evening star., 1943-09-26

here was Philip
Thomas Bound
ford, 26, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs.
l. ouis Bound
f or d, 3541 S
street NV, and
husband of Mrs.
M a r G a r e t
B o u n d + or d,
Fresno, G a lif.
G a d e t Bound-
ford is a former
employe of the
u oV e r n m e Mt
Printing Office,
and will go to
Do,Iolor A-;7
Evening star., 1943-09-26


G h e v y
Chase, Md,
co m p leted
h | S l 3 t h
b o m b in g
m i S s / o n
S a f e ! y on
Friday, Au-
gust 13. The
% -year-old
sergeant is
t h e / 3 t h
man on an
o r i G | n a |
C O m b a t
crew Of 10,
a n d began
overseas sci
He is a Flyir
Evening star., 1943-09-26
FIyingFortress Gunner
LongL Linked No. 73;
Makes 18th Mission

NORTH AFRICA.-Sergt.
William j. Schultz, 40 Taylor
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Two Army Air Cadets
Complete Basic Study

MERGED FIELD, COLLABORATION
Cadet Arvin Odell Basnight, AZ,
Evening star., 1943-09-26
De Rosa Is Promoted
In India; Wants 10
See Boom Town. DC.

Sergt. William v. De Rosa, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Angelo De Rosa, 932
1ngraham street NV, has been pro-
NOTED to master sergeant in India.
Sergt. De Rosa, who served with the
National Guard a year before being
called to active duty three years ago,
has been overseas with the air forces
for the past 18 month. He attended
George Washington University and
formerly was employed by the Pro-
curement Division.
india is o. X" Sergt. De Rosa
wrote home, "but I am just bit
anxious to get back and see the
much -publicized 'boomtoWn.'
News From South Pacific.
Master Sergt. Carl S. Harvey,
whose wife lives at 818 North Fred
eric street, Arlington, Va, has been
appointed warrant officer at a gen.
eral hospital on an island base. He
is now unit personnel officer of the
hospital. He entered the service in
December, 1886, and went to the
South Pacific area in May, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

W n o S e W | t e,
M r S. Marjorie
G. B a S n / g h t,
lives at 209 Will
liamsburg drive,
S | l ve r Spring,
Md, recently
completed basic
training at this
Army air field.
Cadet Basnight,
who now will 60
TO Fort Sumner,
N. Mex, was
employed by the
Civil Aeronau-
tics Board be-
+ ore entering
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Williams Gets Medal

SafeWay store. He has qualified as
marksman on the rifle range.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Buckley Promoted

WEST COAST TRAINING STA.
rTnN
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
NEW YORK
CAVA[CADE.
By LOUIS sOBOL

CONRAD NAGEL was born
" March Is, 1875 minutes
before the ST. Patrick's Day on
which the historic battle be-
tween James j. Corbett and Bob
Fitzsimmons took place. 1t was
a bitter disappointment to Ma
gels father that Conrad couldn't
have waited d bit before making
his arrival.
He was an ardent fight fan
and a great admirer Of Gentle
man Jim.
IF you had been born on the
I7th," he often told young Con-
rad. al would have named you
after the winner of the fight"
Years later. Nagel met Jim
Corbett at the Lambs Club and
Conhded:
81 came close 10 being named
after YOU" and told him about
his fathers frustrated plan. my
boy" said Corbett, dryly, "some
one should have told you before
this-Fitzsimmons knocked me
out that DAY."
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Life for a Bottle

4 MONG tho sharper headaches
"a for the British military au-
thoritieS is the excess zeal Of the
American war correspondents.
Almost daily the newsboys are
assembled and volunteers in
lvltod 20 join up for one Of the
hazardous SortieS on the daily
schedule, But al each invitation
for volunteers. every CorreSpon-
dent raises a hand and steps out.
Since only "A few can be accom-
modated, the reporters have
finally solved the problem them
SelvcS-in the good old Ameri-
can way a toss of the dice or
a high card or the head or tail
Of the coin.
on one of these occasions.
Robert Post Of the New York
Times lost the toss when the
mission tor the night was
bomber raid. Disappointed. he
offered a rare bottle of brandy
which he had been saving for
special occasion 10 anyone who
would resign his place and let
him 60 instead. One of the re-
portcrS yielded and Post went
of on the bomber. The bomber
never returned. Post is still
among the missing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

mail dropped a letter from
German prison camp, sent
through the medium Of the
American Red Cross. 1t was from
her husband Gerrit Baas. In
part, IT reads as follows:
by receiving this letter you
will know me prisoner OF war
for several months. We are
tOrpedOcd I'm Oct. and Capt. and
I were brought I'm Germany by
submarine. The only thing 1
safed was nv marriage ring.
Being burnt all oyer body and
head did I have the first treat
ment on the submarine. On ac-
count Of this everything is health
I'm n way 1 never expected. i
certainly have some marks left
on body and face as keepsake
for what have happen.
"Frieda, while / am writing
this letter we are married eight
months. We will have To start
all over again. 4 hope the com
pany keep on paying my base
wages. DO YOU remember
the first letter you received Of
me? wrote YOU about you
waving me goOd-by from the
window. still have il mind.
\ picture could not have been
clearer. Send your letter by air
mail or Red Cross"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
ON THE SIDE By ". During

Credit nc, friend, 10 has been thus,
Since the Ark rested on Mount Ararat;
False man has stCorH, and iCOBldH hath believed,
Repeuted and reprodched,
And then beiieved once more.
Scott.
TO WHAT are you allergc? That is some
thing not everybody can aswer. A New
York wife claimed she was allergic to her hus-
band She said the only time she had asthma
was when he was around. The couple was about
to get divorce when discerning doctor proved
the wife was not allergic 10 her husband but
TO chicken feathers. Seems the husband was a
chicken fancier and came home covered with
chicken feather dust which caused his wife 10
have asthma
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Newshawk Wives
REPORTER NEE

4 REPORTER m e & Mrs.
~ Grantland Rice for the first
time and finds additional con-
firmation for statement he has
made often in print-that some
of the incest, gentlest and love-
lest women of New York are
the patient, understanding wives
of the towns newspapermen
the animated skyscraper beauty
OF the 6-foot-2 Suffering
Sammy" Dowell. who is 10 be
profiled in a national weekly
shortly in a piece written by
Dan Parker. 6-foot-5 but an
even greater thrill. the girl con-
feSScs. is that she met George
Jean Nathan for the first time
and after half an hours con-
verSation, the cauStic critic pro-
nounced her as the most INTEL
ligcnt young woman he had en-
countered in several years.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Gets II Nazis

TIED SAUCER: Actually, Air
Il Marshal Billy Bishop is
credited with having shot down
u German planes in the last
war. He is one of the seven
Canadians who won the Vic
toria Cross. which carries with
II a pension of 10 pounds Ster-
ling a year for those below the
rank Of commissioned officer.
with an additional 5 pounds for
each bar. Bishops other deco
rationS are the Distinguished
Service order, the Military
Cross, the Distinguished Flying
Cross. two service medals from
the British government. the
Commander of the Legion of
Honor of France, the Croix de
Guerre with two palms and the
Medaille Militaire.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Paris Underground

WE SIT with Arthur Lesser
w and listen 10 tall. faScinat-
ing tales of how the Paris
Underground works and its
deadly effectiveness in carrying
out certain missions. Also Of
the list, carefully compiled of
the traitors who sold out TO the
Nazis-and a few of the punish
mentS planned Col. TootS
Shor and NAVY 1t. Mickey
Cochrape discuss an athletic pro-
gram for America after the war
Col. Shor doing all the talk
ing. while the polite Cochrane
tries vainly TO eat his steak,
A former governor. now a leu
tenant colonel-Harold Hoffman.
slipping his tea and lemon while
Jim Moriarty recalls how he
Joined the armed forces in the
last war, six days after he ar
rived in America from Ireland.
Snapshots!
Copyright, 1913 by King Features
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Thought He Was Beaten

DANNY SULLIVAN, young, ambitious and
~ talented. who is determined that the loss OF
an eye in recent months will not keep him from
being one of the nations best Irish tenors
For time, he confesses, he thought he was
beaten-and was afraid 10 face audience
because he dreaded sympathy :. When he
of sympathy he says-and his hopes soared-for
the appreciation manifested in the applause was
evidently sincere -. Richard Whorf. whose
promising career in the theater came to an end
temporarily when Hollywood lured him with
more gold :. Whorf says his first weeks in
Hollywood were unhappy ones-no one paid
attention TO hinl-he found no one willing 10 talk
TO listen-eXcept one nice person IN the cast
ing office of a big studio and when he was
finished telling her what grand warm. tolerant.
understanding, generous street Broadway was,
she answered dryly: Il know a great deal about
Broadway. My brother writes a column in New
York" ST..
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
No, He Didn't Lose His Nerve

The man banged the table.
Fine talk he roared If he knew that he'd lost his
in that automobile accident didn't
found something him. Why did he continue TO take
Waterman when he knew he wouldn't protect ?"
"But he intended to protect YOU" said Mrs Williams II know
yOu necessary Banks,
he didn't know the holdup in the place"
Didn't know" repeated Banks. "Why, that's
Why you've practically admitted that husband lost his
nerve i'm that automobile accident"
The shook her head
ooh. Banks" said softly. misunderstood
My husband didn't his @ lost his hearing"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
He Wasn't Dead

NOR months, Mrs. Frieda Mil
j. ler-Baas has believed herself
a widow--following a commune
cation that her husband was
missing at sea. Two weeks ago,
her friend Louise Reid, who
operates a night spot, read the
cards for Mrs. Baas. There's
no death card here" she said.
"Maybe your husband isn't
dead" She read the cards again.
As before. there was no death
card. Last Tuesday, out Of tho
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
George Jessel's Book
1nEAR LOUIS. l enclose

- YEAR LOUIS, enclose n
~ clipping from your col'm
OF Nov. 10, 1887. See---on ac-
count Of YOU had 10 write
book. George Jessel."
The portion OF tho lengthy
paragraph 10 which Author JcS-
sci refers reads
There il no doubt that Mr..
Jessel (granting him slight
difference In faith would have
been the earliest of the crusaders
in shining armor and with
spear-point sharpened TO pierce
quick and thorough. Mr.. Jesseps
spear-points of Satire wit are
like that--as any one who ever
has listened 10 him at the public
dinner table will testify. IL
probably will lead to something
quite big some day-perhaps an
autobiography which everybody
who has been lsmpooned or
wounded will have 10 buy. IL
viii make Mr.. Jessel very rich
man"
=. s. Mr.. JcsSc's autobiog-
raphy viii be out shortly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Wife Born in Yonkers

PEPLYING to inquiries: Ny wife, sometimes
IL referred to as my girl friend" is a brunei,
5 feet inches tall. She was born in Yonkers.
N. Y. and brought up in Omaha. Neb, and
Denver. Colo, and later moved TO California.
L met her in California when she was scenario
editor for Douglas Fairbanks Sr. d. While
worked my way through prep school and college
1 never worked very hard. l hate hard work
The hardest work l have done has been trying
10 get into position where 1 wouldn't have TO
work so hard . 81. Our dog is 5-year-od black
and white springer spaniel named Timothy. We
have had him since he was weeks old. He
was given TO us by charming redhared feminine
dentist who breeds springers as a hobby.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE received no
royalties from the dramatization Of Uncle
Toms Cabin" She neglected TO reserve the
dramatic rights of the book The royalties on
Uncle Tim as play would have amounted to
about S10O0O0O0 and Mrs. Stowe would have
had no income tax 10 pay.
Liquor has been under government control
profits from alcohol are used by the Swiss gov
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25
Old Test Film O. K.

MISS GEORGE did not submit
w TO a picture test for her
forthcoming role. She went
through the ordeal 10 years ago
tor Irving Thalbcrg and was so
appalled, by the result that she
vowed she would never take an
other one or 90 into the films
ever. William Brady assured her
she was too SenSitive--it was
splendid test and the results
lwere satisfactory.
Last week, Miss George
learned the reason she wasn't
asked tos submit 10 a test for
the new picture was because
Cagney had come across the To-
year-old film fragment-and had
been so impressed, he decided
none other but Miss George
would do for the role.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-25

eminent to conduct a campaign against the use
of alcoholic liquors AS to claim that the
If a fact the credit is due largely to the COW
and not to the mixer. How fast cow can be
MIXED depends the animals disposition. 1t
will take the most sklful mixer minutes to
milk one COW and ID minutes to milk another.