Evening star., 1943-11-12
-Four Navy Captains,
Nine Army Brigadiers
Named for Promotion

President Roosevelt today sent to
the Senate the names OF two cap
tains to be rear admirals, two cap
tains to be commodores, nine brig
adler generals to be major generals
and 36 colonies to be brigadiers. All
promotions will be temporary.
Included In the list of brigadiers
nominated rs major generals are
Frank ODriscoll Hunter, 4 World
War ace presently commander Of
the 1st Air Force. with headquarters
at Mitchell Field, N. Y, and William
E. r. Covell, former Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner of the District,
now director of the fuels and lubri-
cants division of the once of the
Quartermaster General.
| Nominated to be rear admirals are
Capts. Lynde D. Mccormick and
Clarence E. Olsen. and to be COM
modores, Capt. Earl G. Rose OF the
Coast Guard and Capt. william H.
Hamilton.
Other Washingtonians Named,
Two other Washington brigadier
generals nominated to be major
generals were Frederick Lewis
Anderson, jr.. and Robert MCGOWAN
Littlejohn. Mrs. Anderson and two
children live at 1901 Juniper street
NV. Mrs. Littlejohn resides at 1851
Columbia road NV.
Other brigadiers to be promoted
are Morrison Clay Slayer, Westside
Torkel Larson, Howard McCrum
Snyder, William Willis Eagles and
Spencer Ball Akin.
A native of Washington, Gen.
Covell retired in June. 1910, from
the Engineer Corps after 20 years
OF Army service. A year later, how
ever, he was recalled to active duty
and was assigned to the once of the
Quartermaster General. Before his
appointment to his present post he
was division engineer in charge of
Army construction work In the
Caribbean area and Northern South
America.
Born November 20, 1892, Gen. Co.
veil attended Eastern and Centra,
High Schools, graduating In 1910
after the cadet company at Central,
OF which he was captain, won the
annual competitive drill for that
year.
Eisenhower's Classmate.
Appointed to West Point in 1911.
he was an honor graduate in the
same class with Gen. Dwight Eisen-
hover. After his graduation from
the Military Academy he studied at
Massachusetts Institution of Tech
nology and the Army Engineer
School.
Gen. Covell, who holds the perma-
nent Army rank Of lieutenant COL
onel, was picked by 1t. Gen. Brehon
Somervell for his present post.
Gen. Covell served overseas in the
World War as assistant in the Op-
erations Section. lst American
Army, under Gen. George C. Mar
shall, then colonel
During his tour of duty as assist
ant engineer commissioner here, ne
originated the Washington plan for
control of electric utility rates in
collaboration with the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
Was World War Ace.
Before his present command at
Mitchell Field, Gen Hunter for more
than year was head of the 9th
Fighter Command and directed the
first sweep of the PAT Thunderbolts
against the Axis. While heading this
command he organized and trained
the air units which helped give the
Allies air supremacy in the Tunisian
and Sicilian campaigns.
During the last war he was cred-
tied with shooting down eight Ger
man planes. Early last year he
toured AAF units with Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker to help train airmen
in the psychology Of aerial warfare.
Forty-nine years old, he is vet
eran Of Is years Of Army flying
He won half dozen medals and
citations in the World War.