Evening star., 1943-09-11
Nine D. {. Officers
Win Promotions
In Army Service

Promotion of nine District officers
was announced today by the War
Department.
Capt. Hugh. G. Gaffney, chaplain,
was promoted to major The fol-
lowing six first lieutenants were
raised to captains: Rudolph F. Ro-
senbach, Rufus Rutherford Boswell,
jr; Morris j. Slonim, Ansel E. Nc
Laurine Talbert, Charles +. Hunt
ting and John Scott Parker, jr,
Second Its Fred Frank Bartel and
Morris r. Short were promoted to
first leutenants,
Chaplain Gaffney, 33, I'll Mon
roe street NE, was born at Saint
Croix, Virgin Islands. He was grad
uated from Catholic University in
1941. He had taught at st. Charles
College and st. Edwards Seminary
in Seattle and ST. Mary's seminary
in Baltimore. He has served at the
Orlando Air Base in Florida and
Westover Field, Mass, and is at
tached to a submarine wing in New
York.
Former Aviation Editor.
Capt. Talbert, 81, of 3317 Six
teenth street NV, was formerly a
foreign correspondent and aviation
editor of New York newspaper
before joining the Air Corps at
Mitchell Field in March, 194l. He
was commissioned by a Board OF
officers, and recently was gradual
ed from the Advanced Naval Intel
ligence School. Capt. Talbert at
tended the Landon School. He won
a four-year scholarship to Colum-
bia University offered by the Dis
trict Alumni Club and received his
A. B. degree in 1884. In 1886 he
received a Master of Science de-
gree from Columbia.
Capt. Parker, 81, of 1929 Bancroft
place NV, was commissioned in
FEBRUARY, 1943. He has lived i'll
Washington since 1927 and was en-
ployed by American AirlineS from
1884 to 1888 at the old Washington
Airport. From 1888 and until he
was commissioned, he worked for
the Civil Aeronautics Authority IN
the War Training Service d1vlslon.
Capt. Parker attended Princeton.
He is married and has two children.
He is now in the Flight Control
Branch of the Office Of Assistant
Chief of Air Staff in the Division
of Operations, Commitments and
Requirements. He hold CONNER
cial pilots license.
Can't. Slonim at Miami Beach.
Capt. Slonim, "a, of 2201 Fifteenth
street NV, was commissioner after
attending the Officers Training
School at Miami Beach. He was
graduated from Harvard IN 1882 snd
received his Master of Business Ad-
ministration degree in 1884 He was
formerly statistician with the Ar
Forces. At present Capt. Slonim is
with the weather division OF the
Air Forces.
Capt. Hunting, 38, of 1925 Reser-
voir road NV, was commissioner
and stationed here in August. l942.
He was formerly employed in the
st, Louis Office of the National Parks
Service. He was graduated from
the University of Iowa.
Capt. ROSenDacn, VINO loTiheiIy
lived at 206 Portland street Sc,
entered the Army in May, 1912, as
a first lieutenant. He was employed
here by the Mehring g. Hanson Co.,
as a construction engineer He is
stationed at the Desert Chemical
Warfare Depot, Tooeie, Utah.
Capt. Boswell. who formerly lived
at 1907 Seventeenth street NV, en-
tered the Army in July, 1912. He
worked for the United States Geo.
graphical Survey from 1888 to 1885,
and then for the photographic Bu-
reau of the Navy. He attended the
University of Illinois.
1t. Short, 33, 2014-A Thirty
seventh street NV, has been on
special assignment for the Finance
Department since he joined the
Army in November, 1912 He Is
graduate of George Washington
University.
1t. Bartel, TIT Upshur street NV,
Is in the Air Forces.