Evening star., 1943-01-10

Richard P. Sorrell, son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. Sorrell, 1909 Park
avenue. Friendship, Md, was recent
ly commissioned a second lieutenant
in the Air Forces here at the parent
radio school of the Army Air Forces
Technical. Training Command. 1t.
Sorrell IS now qualified to take his
place in combat duty as commune
cations officer.
Pvt. Joseph w. Austin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. c. Austin. 3109 Twen-
tieth street NE, recently arrived at
this technical training command
post, where he will receive an inten-
sive course in radio operating and
mechanics to fit him for duty as a
member of a fighting bomber crew.
At Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Auxiliary Betty McCrahon, AIT
Thirty-fourth street NE, having
completed her training at the 1st
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
training center here, has been trans
ferred with WAAC Post Headquar-
ters Company for duty at an Army
posi- IN the northeast.
At Fort Knox, XIV.
George M. Sanders, son OF Hartley
I. Sanders, 4613 R street, Kenilworth,
Md, and John H. Cooke, 1886 E
street NE. recently arrived here at
the Armored Force Replacement
Training Center to begin their basic
training.
Two Washington men recently
graduated from the Armored Force
Officer Candidate School here with
commissions and gold bars OF second
lieutenants and will be assigned to
duty with armored divisions or tank
battalions. They are Its. Samuel
j. Scheinman, 5227 Chevy Chase
parkway NV, and Russell A. Lom-
hardy, TIA D street NE.
Two men from the Washington
area recently arrived here at the
Armored Force School for training
in the Communications Department.
They are Pvts. Irving T. Needle, son
of Samuel L. Needle, 1340 Monroe
street NV, and Raymond E. Will
lett, son of Mrs. Grace I. Willett,
River road, Bethesda, Md.
At Monroe, La.
Aviation Cadet Leon Slavitt, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Slavitt, 3l29
Adams Mill road NV, has COM
pleted his pre-flight training course
in navigation here at the Army All
Forces Pre-flight School and is now
enrolled in the Advanced Naviga-
ton School here. A graduate OF
Central High School, Cadet Slavitt
was formerly employed at Heck
inger's.
At Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
Maurice John Flynn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas A. Flynn, 1881
Hemlock street NV. recently grad
uated from the Officer Candidate
School here and was commissioned
a second lieutenant in the Ordnance
Department. A graduate of Strayer
College of Accountancy, 1t. Flynn
entered the Army January of last
year. In civilian life he was pro-
prietor of an Apex Service Station
At EHrewocd Arsenal, Md.
1t. Eo5..1ond Davis, jr., 53l5
Twenty street N. w., gradu-
ated yesterday from the Second
Chemical Warfare Service Com
mand ana Staff Course here.
Louis O. Sherman, 5733 Fifth
street NV, graduated yesterday
from the Chemical Warfare Service
Officer Candidate School here and
was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant.
At Camp Edwards, Mass.
Second 1t Noel C.. Bride, 1921
Kalorama road NV, was recently
promoted to the rank of first lieu.
tenant in the 61st Quartermastel
Battalion here. 1t. Bride, who was
commissioned a second lieutenan,
last April, is commander OF Com.
pany A.
At Gulfport Field, Miss.
Pvt. Aldo j. Gregori, 238 Rhode
Island avenue NV, recently grad
uated from the Army Air Forces
Technical Training Command School
here for airplane mechanics. Pvt
Gregori was formerly manager o1
Ambrogi's Deelicatessen. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Greg.
ori, $500 Thirteenth street NE.
Pvt. Bruce Caldwell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. David D. Caldwell, 334:
Mount Pleasant street NV, alst
recently graduated from the Army
Air Forces Technical Training Com.
mand School hare TOR aaSp2Anl