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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02

poor business practices and
acknowledgement by the state
liquor control commission have
cost the state hundreds of
thousands of dollars" he COM
mentod.
The audit showed that the
state has been deprived OF extra
revenues through purchase OF
"Slow-moving and inferior brands
of runs, brandieS and cordials.
That the commission has failed
TO force collection Of large out
standing amounts owing from
outside sources. yet continues 10
do business with them.
SDDS BLAMED
That SDDS have been per-
mitted 10 discontinue businesses
without first being required to
pay for ration permit cards sold
by them previOusly-Hn item rep
reSenting S42. 53l27 in accounts
receivable TO the state.
That the state lost S20l ,901
owed by national liquor firms due
10 tack of adequate information
and general confusion within the
purchasin & department which
now makes these amounts uncol-
lectable."
That no permanent record was
maintained of liquor contiScated
from licensees or law Vioiators
and that 30 10 IS cases of scarce
Scotch and other WHISTLES were
found In the Lansing warehouse
held for two years.
SOME ELIMINATED
Declaring that since the audit
much of the improper business
practices have been eliminated,
the report stated:
"In your consideration your
attention is called TO the fact
that unsatisfactory conditions
herein enumerated are those of
long standing for which present
management cannot be held
wholly accountable.
at must Of necessity he said,
however, that competent man
agement, including its auditors,
would have discovered and
remedied these conditions long
ago"
OF the missing stamps, the re-
port said:
These stamps are used by
the commission as proof that
the state has receiv d its
mark-up on merchandise being
shipped TO or sold within Michi-
gan.
at therefore become a
necessity that these stamps be
accounted for In their entirety
In order that none be used for
Interior purposes.
The report said that stamps
have been shipped to vendors and
alter cancelled by the commission
but there was no attempt to re-
AL stamps shipped.
"This fact was found 20 be
true when our department dis
covered during March, 1944,
that the United Sales Agency OF
Chicago had In Its possession,
approximately two million
stamps.
"When the company returned
the stamps lt was found they
returned In excess OF 3,250,000.
Many are unaccounted for
now"
LOSSES RECALLED
Many features OF the report
rave been made public from time
70 time during the last year by
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-02
7thConvoy
OF Japs Sunk

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HQ.,
Dec. / INS)-Loss OF another
5000 Japanese with the sinking
of a convoy of six ships designed
to reinforce the beleaguered
enemy garrison on Leyte Island
was revealed in Gen. MacArthur's
communique today.
The convoy was the seventh to
be smashed BY American air forces
scaling off enemy attempts TO
supply and reinforce the Leyte
Japs and was the second 10 be
sent TO the bottom this week.
BIG TRANSPORT SUNK
1t consisted of a 9,000-ton troop
transport. three small freighter-
transports. a 5,000-ton freighter
and destroyer and was blasted
in the Visayan Sea by Leyte-based
WarhaIyk and Thunderbolt fighter
bombers Wednesday and Thurs
day.
The heavy troop transport and
the three small freighter-trans-
ports We're definitely sunk. Gen.
Macarthur disclosed, and the
5.000-ton freighter and the de-
stroyer were left in flames. None
of the ships had an opportunity
10 unload.
JAP SUB SUNK
The communique also disclosed
the sinking of a japanese subma-
rine near Ormoc Harbor.
The seventh enemy convoy was
bombed from mast height by
airmen of the Fifth Air Force
who on Tuesday and Wednesday
smashed Is other Leyte-bound
vessels filled with supplies and
1000 Jap troops.
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Bomb Disposal Men
Discount Dangers
Connected With Job

A BASE IN ITALY.-There are
men on the Anzio beachhead who
are more interested in bombs and
shells that don't Immediately ex-
plode than in those that do. They
are the personnel of a bomb disposal
unit. Among them is Sergt. John
2. Monahan, son of Mr.. and Mrs. "A.
g. Monahan, 3700 Thirteenth street
NE. He is an assistant squad leader
and a photographer.
Arriving on the beachhead several
weeks ago with his unit, Sergt.
Monahan already has been instru-
mental In disposing Of many unex-
ploded bombs and artillery shells,
according to a field correspondent
here. Also, the men have rounded
up German flares and parachute
food containers, which are studied
carefully.
THE work isn't as risky and dan
gerous as people might believe" the
sergeant declares. "It is If you don't
know your job, but no one in q
bomb-disposal unit ever gets near q
bomb or anything else until he
knows exactly what the score is"
Equipped to cope with delayed
action and unexploded bombs and
shells. the men are capable Of neu-
tralizing mines and BOBBY traps
and are reputed to possess a work
ing knowledge Of the various mis-
siles used by every warning nation.
Evening star., 1944-05-07

been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross for Extraordinary
achievement" 1t. Fox, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Roland p. Fox Of 438
Nineteenth street NE, holds the
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters.
Page Wins Flying Cross.
1t. Gen. George G. Kenney, COM
mander of Allied Air Forces in the
Southwest Pacific, has awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross to
Sergt. George w. Page. who for
merly lived at 1905 Rock Creek
Church road NV.
The citation states that Sergt.
Page won the medal "for extraordi-
nary achievement" while participate
ing in fights which involved flying
at low attitudes over mountainous
terrain under adverse weather con-
dttions in a transport airplaIie, and
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Courses Completed
At Naval Training Station, Great
Lakes, ILL.,

Ae Naval framing station, Great
Lakes. III.
Camp Springs, Md; Richard q. T LONG s'en1e 3inG
al Alabama avenue Sc. Frank W. English,
954 aeorsa ssi NW Avenue sensaWn NW \ Becker
Barnes sos First street S.W.
At Fort Knox, Ky.
Cornl. Robert M. Niquette, 3707 WoodIey
oSen eSae nv; ngscs ssrst. joseph Mahoney. 1al7
Renyop < iannaI ,sr.es va w seymopr Woodnick e53
isnd aTn t.rIses street sW John Hand, 2l13 Suit,
Hesonn Pee bou,svad stree. Nh James w. Cole; 1929
634 A street Sc
At Medical Field Service School. C.r,,,,.
Barracks, Pa.
NJ w First LIS. hts Jack Diener; 1924 Irving street
syenu. sMi 'oTSsPh TePnui H. pWilliams sIs Carroll
Nunez, ISL Thirty-trst to'' street SslnsiS NV: =
fret NW kiehsrd G. cA'Yshish knsht III Il Fort
Hunt road, Alexandria.
At HarIngen Army Air Field, Tex.
Sc: PFC; william +; Gibbons ls6s I
sS street ne Ne deeFI Pfe Leroy b D pfh%sn Broan
2l34 Pennsylvania avenue NV, as aerial
At Chsnute Field, Ill.
svpa Pfc Fred R Hu.nq2icutt,. jr:;, 1909 Penn
5I4o Wheeler road Sc; Artham W Def
Nd.
At Naval Air Technical Training Center,
Memphis, Tenn.
Wayne W. Roberts, 1906 v street S E. ;
Ricaud S. Owens. S3l Division avenue
SE Eugene J. Geran, 233 Sixteenth street
At Quartermaxter School, Camp Lee, Va.
Sidney Saunders, Chester Arthur Apart
msIts, msnts, alexandria; Bernard W. sdsco, l445
0sdsn sSs 1brS street NV Francis 4. Ridgelsy'
Aeilbrun. 30i9 Massachusetts avenue Sc;
NV; Harold &. Brown 5oo7 ' classett
At Submarine School. New London, Conn.
James ., Bolies, 9I6 Quincy street NV;
RsII;r psyid e Stone 1899 Maine avenue s;W
avenue Me- Sylvester A. Bond, 5000 H
Bradley lane. Chevy Chase.
At Naval Flight Preparatory School,
Columbia, S. c.
Robert c. Pope. 2OO0 F. street NV ;
Edward R Comstock, si0e PARK Crest
a5ys @ sysr sRTns olsss Md Hsrry T6os Tsehe
VALLEY, Arlington Marshall H. HoItz, i, BIS BIS
N. Glebe road, Arlington.
At Amphibious Training Base, Camp
Bradford, Va.
Anthony J. Alongi, 1900 Allison street
N, E.; Frederick T, Goode, 14lg Chaplin
Ffs street NW JOSEPH kmos moore 53Ps
Jackson street NE; Harold r. Becker,
34sl .Holmead place NV; Roger L. Orri-
Fadden. 1909 Stratton road, silver Spring;
Frederick w. Upperman, 62s Farragut
street NV.
At Chico Army Air Field, Calf
Parks NJ. Rea. u Marlin Green sW;
Walter B. Metz. 1881 Kalmia road NV;
Robert D. McMorrow, s17 L street Sc
At Naval Training Station. Sampson, N. 7.
Jay I. Harper. 1881 Meigs street NE;
Harry B. laval. 1920 N Longfellov street,
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Jungle Transformed
Into Resort" Area

Under the direction of Capt. COL
las G. Harris, formerly Of Fairfax
county, Va, a patch of New Guinea
jungle was transformed into a hab-
liable area with the neat, WELL
ordered appearance of a camp at
some mountain resort" a 5th Air
Force dispatch relates.
The herculean task involved clear
ing the camp area of strange. tropi-
cal trees, matted masses of cable
thick vines and decaying vegetation
In the perpetual heat of the
tropics. Capt. Harris organized the
men into details and they pitched
IN with machetes, axes, shovels,
rakes and hunting knives. Rashes.
insect bites and puff adders were
some OF the obstacles.
Alter a week, the mems efforts
brought order out of chaos, and they
turned their attention to making
their tents more comfortable. A
mountain stream which tumbled
down a canyon behind the camp
was damned and water piped in.
Showers were provided with cement
floors.
Native workers, wrapped from
waist to- calf in strips of brightly
colored calico print. helped con-
struct mess hall and an orderly
room
Capt. Harris, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. V. Harris. 80 Glendale avenue.
Alexandria, Va, was executive and
buoget officer of the National Ar
chlves in Washington. He also, be-
fore accepting commission as first
lieutenant in October, 1912, was sec
retary and chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of the Commitrse on
Conservation Of Natural Resources,
Natural Resources Planning Board.
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Transfers Announced

land. jr., 1445 N street NV. to Naval
Air Training Center, Pensacola, Fla
Joseph d. Stout. jr $3.50 Porter street
NV: Lester r. Compton, 700 Sheridan
street NV, and Eugene P. Arey, pa
Sheridan street NV, to Garden City Army
GeorSe r. Myrick, 4007 Connecticut ave-
nue. n: W.. and Victor Smuiow, 500. Otis
place NV, to Naval Armory, Michigan
Ii Christopher H. williams, 1901 Mas
Ar Base, Cole. as inst,qetor; John A;
School Communication Department, Fort
Knox, KY: Charles w. Cooper, 1927 Cor
coran street NV, to Tuskeeee Army Air
Field. Ala, for basic fight training.
Raphael H. Enrich, 112l Buchanan
street NV, to Aberdeen Proving Ground,
Nd. Lit. James V. Castiglia, 1922 Forty
second street NV, to AAF Technical
Training Command. Greensboro, N. c.. as
assistant adlutant OF training group;
It; William =, Sesanish, 227 Ninth street
S. E., to Roswell Army Air Field, NJ Mex
Robert Kasnett, 41a Decatur street NV,
e Fort Leonara Wood Nc; Gsorse r. R GIL
Center, Corpus Christi, Tex: James 3.
Northwestern State College, Okla.
Samuel 2. Landstreet, jr.. 2104 Thirty
Fieid lse9 Az; serst. %.ismmD Lake.. t 7ias
Overhill road. Bethesda, Nd, to Peterson
Field, Colo: Capt. Nelson w. Curtiss, 244
Willow avenue, Takoma Park, for oficers'
ADVANCE course. and Corpl Harry Blumen-
thai. 6427 Fourth street NV, for enlisted
communication course. to Fort Sill, Okla.
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Goes on 50th Mission
On 32d Birthday

BY way Of celebration, Technical
Sergt. Theodore j. Kokinos, radio
operator and gunner, made his 5Oth
and toughest" mission on his 32d
birthday.
Sergt. Kokinos, ITO Twelfth street
NE, said How can man enjoy his
birthday with 220 Jerry fighters at
tacking US on the bomb run?" ac-
cording to 18th AAF dispatch from
Italy. Returning from the run oyer
Bologna, Italy, the crew counted 90
holes In the plane. S
/ Overseas only seven months,
Sergt, Kokinos holds the Air Medal
with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters and is
credited with destroying one Mes
SerSchmidt.
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Three Dies, Five Air Medals
Amonq Awards to D. C.. Men

Awards to Washington men in
clude three Distinguished Flying
Crosses, five Air Medals, two COM
mendations and the Silver Star.
Marine Capt. Anthony Walker,
son of Mrs. John r. Walker, 2009
Belmont road NV, has been
awarded the Army's Silver Star
Medal for gallantry in action at
New Georgia last summer, Marine
Corps headquarters announced.
Capt. Walker was cited by 1t.
Gen. Millard F. Harmon, command
ing Army forces in the South Pa
cific. for action July 20 when, despite
severe wounds he led his company in
the destruction of several enemy
strongholds.
COmdr. Terrell Commended.
Comdr. William r. Terrell Of 4735
Nebraska avenue NV, has been
commended by Admiral w. F. Hal
sey for devotion to duty while serv-
ing with a cruiser and destroyer
division during Japanese air attacks
OF Bougainville.
Remaining at his battle station 40
hours. the citation states, Comdr.
Terrell rendered outstanding sery.
ice In reporting enemy aircraft,
His vessel was guardship for the
covering force and his skillful
handling of special equipment con-
triouted materially to the destruc-
ton of 10 enemy planes and t6 the
survival Of the cruiser and de-
stroyer divisions
Maj. Smith Squadron Hero.
Maj. Harry L. Smith, jr., whose
parents live at 1904 Denton road,
Bethesda, Md, was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross for his
emciency as squadron leader escort
ing heavy bombardment aircraft
over an enemy base in Greece.
Anticipating enemy action, the
citation said, Maj. Smith "main-
tanned his protective position above
the bombers throughout the bomb
er run and successfully broke up all
the attacks. He personally dam
aged two enemy fighters. 4"
Maj. Smith "has led his squadron
ana group on many important dive
bombing, strafing, patrol and bomb
er escort missions in the Sicilian,
Italian and Balkan area campaigns
throughout so missions he con-
slstently displayed excellent ability
and leadership"
Maj. Smith, who also wears the
AIR Medal and three Oak Leaf
Clusters, attended American Uni
versity and the University of Mary
land.
The Oak Leaf Cluster to the Silver
Star was presented Staff Serpt
Evening star., 1944-05-07
like Dream Come True,
Says Victor Over Jan

Its a big day in my life-I shot
down my first tony Nip milne
fighter, patterned after the Messer-
schmitt 1oo." 1t. w. p. Wallace wrote
his brother, John G. Wallace, jr.:
II saw a tony about 10000 feet
below me. I went straight down
on him. He was all silver with those
orange balls standing out big as
hell. I was doing around 500 miles
per hour and overshot him.
Then I pulled up in a big loop
blacked myself completely out-cut
the gun, and this time came in
nicely on his tail. I gave him a
2-second burst and dragged my fire
by him. could see explosions on
his belly at the wings when I went
by him like q flash. pulled UP and
rolled over to see where he had
gone but never saw him again.
"A boy from Franklin City, Va,
saw him crash with a big explosion
into the mountain, and confirmed
the hit for me. sss
"At last, with four months of
combat, my dream came true"
Evening star., 1944-05-07
To Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss.

:, Corp coFDl William c. saylies, 1921 Kenyon
teenth street NV; Carl F. Bauman, Sill
Seventh street NV; William F. Martin,
nick, 1901 U street NV; Russell L. Page,
2l0S sixteenth street Sc; John d. Fisher,
1732 Massachusetts avenue NV; Claude
J. Baxter, Seventh street NE Victor H.
Johnson. 2719 Pennsylvania avenue S e
David d. Tiburzi. 1910 Madison street
NV; John w. Mullen. 916 MARYLAND ave
nue. NE; Charles R. Smith jr-, Cabin
John, Nd; Paul v Green, 1906 N street
NV; Robert c. Watson 1921 Thirteenth
street, Arlington: Thomas R. Tate, jr,
ZIG yorktown road NV
To Bainbridge Army Air Field, Ga
1t. George B. Campbell, $500 N Wash
inston boulevard Arlington, as flying in
structos; Joseph Bartenstein. 5904 Fourth
street NV; Dudley S. Dean, ITO Willow
Deaner, ,6510 Eighth street NV; Richard
Y. Duell, $40 Fifteenth street NE as
aviation trainees
To Camp Murphy, Fla, for Sisnai Corps
Course,
Pfc. Julius Katz. 1903 Thirty fifth street
NV; Pts. Pete c. Kalavritinos, 9l9
SsSa sSssSSentn street NE; Frank o. Milzman,
Miscellaneous Addresses.
Francis A, Hurley, S31 Longfellov street
NV, and Clarence W. Walden, lO7 Fourth
street NE: to Lodwick School Of Aero
nautics. Lakeland, Fla
Donald @, Brumback, .5700 n Eleventh
street, Arlington, and Robert N. westmore-
Evening star., 1944-05-07

Arlinston; Joseph D. Ridgeway. 1880 Bu-
sas. Ssaanan street. Hyattsville; Claude 8. Hen
SP TayHT Fist street street NV NV fSs1s fsnt
Wells, lOI07 Hereford place. Silver Spring; q
Richard RI +; stocksdale,, 1922 Eighteenth
street Nv deorse 6 nh Hopkns i9so 7ss MseSns Yais
aavyeenaue; aye College Park: George E. Harbaugh,
Hass Sea- 4ssyfRSf NeSos MGHnt svenIs EsT
sprins; Charles W. West, PA Massachu-
serss SELLS Avenue NE; Jack Potter. 1901 D
ar It. se5YSs 5ohn 8 e0Pmsna Station asia z
S1G Wj,,saill asllstin stree NV t. bsvia iau1y "
ssegI. sssgt RsshaTa s;1s.Ia N: drisSold 81 sligo
Gowsh' Tossah' p LOO Ma%dison % lane, Falls Church;
serst; William 3. Waideckker, 1s oallatin
Soob1 strSet NE, Ne, graduated from mines and
Miscellaneous.
stres1 aarFy res s; MsGWdhorteI' d ;l1ll Montsomery
ssSs ,Tqnlaw road NV. from . paraehute punahsm
sch1ol; Fort Benning, Ga. '''
Falls Church Va, from mechanics % conrse, coy e,
Amafill0 ptcl RAdn1y Admy Feld; ., TEX; ,sss c-.
street NV, and Albert F.. Burner' Bur tSss sas
n. Nelson street, Arlington, from Flexible
Gunnery School, Laredo Army Air Field,
Second Its; Richard p. Ellinger. 4121
Military road NV, Joseph H. Dunlap. 1901
Seward, jr:, sos Twenty third street stiI Nv T.
a.. az Magauder bomber pilot school, Dodge
Charles l. Arnett, s215 Kenilworth ave-
son, 539 Florida avenue NV, at Naval
street and Ross E.. Garletts, 10 Webster
soTeeE fon Eeid ME: r AT navigation school. Filing
street NV, and Kenneth M Hilts, 44s7
Fessenden street NV, at Mariana Army
sni2e eeaT,ss 42s2 s25. New Msmp
NV Il McGoyeTn q Ysg1 4Sio New Aanpshirs avenue
son. son. 47o2 s, Sixth street, Arlington, at
rfinance Training Center, Fort Benjamin
,+ john G5s ! r YIN. 1873 yarnum street NV,
school fadfs MIdand dB0nesraie5 Tss corp aa
Thomas J; o'Leary. 1851 Mount Pleasant
Laurel avenue cheverly, Every Md n'titS at Basic sa
riylHB ScnoOIt Courtland, Ala.
\, Harold N. Eccleston: 1904 Urell place
NE. from primary flight training at Avon
Park, Fla, Edward c. Lewis. 274 Fifteenth
street Sc, at AAF Training Command
Radio School, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Charles
w. Cooper, 1927 Corcoran street NV
from primary flight training at Motion
Field, Tuskegee Institute, Ala; Staff Sergt
Casper J. Chirieleison, sos Otis place NV,
Nashville, Tenn.
Corpl: Edward L. Franks. 1888 Lyman
place NE. at Flexible Gunnery School,
kingman, .Ariz.; Second 1t. J. Z. Timer,
1892 Thirteenth street NV, from combat
training, Mountain Home Army Air Field,
Idaho. and PFC. Noble F. Peters OF Friend
ship Station, Glen Echo Heights, from air
graft mechanics course, Camp Curtissair,
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Col. Sexton Assumes
Air Field Command

Col Lamont Saxton, 31,, Of 1901
Argonne place NV, has assumed
command OF Strother Army Air Field,
kans., Army basic flying school Of
the Central Flying Training Com
mand.
Col. Saxton, who was command
ing oflcer of the 668th Navigation
Training Group at Ellington Field,
Tex, relieves Col. Joseph F. Carroll,
commander Of Strother Field since
Its activation in the fall Of 1912.
A graduate Of West Point in 1885,
Col. Saxton was instructor at the
military academy for four years. He
Is the son OF Mrs. Louis M. Saxton
Of the Argonne place address.
Evening star., 1944-05-07

rwenty-fourth PLACE Sc. in ENGLAND.
Edward W Miilsap. air forces, 50o1
Sultland road Sc. with 18th Air Force
in the Mediterranean.
Stan Sergeant.
John D. Martin, Signal Corps. Is Sec
onG street Ne. In North Africa
BernaS r. Kelley, air forces, 1920 Fifth
Sergeant.
H HassGTy gS Nmy " Rs a. ss sgls sca Second o
% oscar r. /; Lewis; gss 0 street s.w, with
NV M with 'nsk lsth AZ Force Force Sfsh IN 1tay street
. RAYMOND H. Browne, air forces, 61o3 C
street Mount Ranier Nd with 18th Aip
avsnus samss silver VI lamsr H Nd M 1000 ss Msp
x5s dsrsjd ! Lay ens5HssE en- ss 2522 Twenty
% James ssses Conn h sehs h corps A'rfr
Show i. Chin Chin sos 5 N st Street etNw NV. with
'fh kalnor A5 FeF's G. ksly n l'aS Signal Corps
George n; cqErie: at osmp Lee. Va:
chafTee, Ark.
Private, First Class.
VIRGIL Z: Carter. 10 M street s.w.. at
Fort Mason, Calf.
NM at Fort STHs pousias' Utah quincy street
James E. cross: ordnance 2o4 Sixth
Nd.
Ordered to Active Duty.
Mai. Henry w jackson, 1908 Sharon
Capt. Clyde B. Sargent. 4os oakwood
second Il; william A Smith. 1880 1rv-
=, FIRST Il Riehard Il NJ, Tracy sos2 Rod
Appointment.
rsnx NJ 4 aeass seplsy cssvs s9vsse Md hst
NAVY.
Lieutenant.
rsns L ,ns Weayss "a Air Corps 5Ss
yen H. ArTasson AT stson All e Corps 1884
Station, Fla.
Ensign.
John H. Jasschks, ~, Air Corps =, 42s
Pharmacists Mate.
Irwin r. Domsky, "a Madison street
NE, in Londonderry, Northern ireland.
Hospital Apprentice, Second Glass.
Edward 8. Mitchell 2102 Second street
NV; Walter H. BROOKS, 5037 Blaine
street NE. Richard M. Spicer. 1929 EN-
Buchanan street NV; John J. Jaimedes,
1925 Rhode Island avenue NV. and Al
len L. Brown, BOO Warder street NV, all
at Great Lakes Ill
Machinist's Mate, Third Glass.
Charles s. Munro, 1907 Forty-f1rst street
NV .sroarssser. ct arsss I+sfsi Natl IT, Third Class.
Walter L. Helbig, 2445 Eighteenth street
NV. at Lakehurst, N. J.
MARINE CORPS.
Commissioned Second Lieutenant.
Alan E. Kinsel, Air Corps, 2316 Thirty
ninth street NV, at Pensacola. Fla, 4
Master Gunnery Sergeant.
Richard F. Harner, 1867 Mintwood place
NV, in South Pacific.
Technical Sergeant.
John H. Martin, Air Corps, zoos Co.
lumbia road NV, at Ell Centro, Calf.
Sergeant
| Walter F. Shupp. Air Corps, 412i Illi-
nois avenue NV, at Santa Barbara, Calf
Evening star., 1944-05-07

Cecil l.. Brooks, 634 Kenyon street
NV, for "gallantry in action in
the vicinity of Gangi, Sicily, on
July Is, 1943," the War Department
announced.
Sergt. Brooks voluntarily led a
reconnaissance patrol deep into
enemy territory" the War Depart
ment said. with great soldierly
skill he safely unanswered his men
through intense enemy mortar and
machine-gun fire and returned from
this mission with information which
materially aided in defeating the
enemy"
Albert Patrick Smith, gunner's
mate third class, of 426h Thir-
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Days Hard to Identify
In South Pacific

One cannot keep track of days or
dates in the Southwest Pacific, Capt.
Karl J. Christoph, U. s. NJ, writes
his brother Fred, 2917 Ordway street
NV. He said he almost over.
looked Palm Sunday"
Capt. Christoph's family recog.
nized him In the background of
picture recently published In The
Star showing three American gen.
erals inspecting Los Negros Island
after its capture.
Evening star., 1944-05-07

VOL, Sdpt. ALL
brose De Witt
Howell Of Alex
andria, Va, is
assigned to the
research depart
.ent of the en-
gineer school
here.
Holder of the
Silver Star and
Purple H e a r t,
Capt. H o W e ii
says there is
mot one enemy
trick with high
exu1osiveS that a.
trained soldier
Evening star., 1944-05-07

cannot cope with successfully"
Experience and instruction in this
field have resulted, the officer de-
clares, In a marked reduction of
casualties caused by negligence in
handling enemy mines.
Troops are warned under strict
combat discipline not to touch or
pick up souvenirs in the form of
enemy equipment, because they are
generally mined with high explo-
Sives.
Capt. Howell served with the
Royal Canadian Engineers as a
mine and bomb disposal officer dur
ing the London "blitz" In 1899.
Evening star., 1944-05-07

GccIlILl d v 4 z z l
NE, has been
commended by
the chief of
Navy personnel
for brilliant
performance as
a member of the
a r m e d guard
unit aboard the
s. S. Nicholas
Gilman during
fighting OF Celia,
Sicily, last July.
First 1t. Rob-
ert K. Fox, Bit
Flying Fortress
bonbardier, has
Evening star., 1944-05-07
Chaplain Harmon
Acting Head at Post

Chaplain Philip M. Harmon, son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick r. Harmon
1901 Seventeenth street NV, has
been appointed acting post chaplain
OF Army Air Forces Training Center
No at Miami Beach, Fla.
Chaplain Harmon studied philo-
sophy at Catholic University in
Washington and attended the Greg
or1an University in Rome for four
years. He was assistant pastor OF
st. Thomas Church in Baltimore
1or two years before entering the
Chaplain's Corps in January. 1943