Evening star., 1944-11-27


in Baraboo, Wis
''''''''''''' was stationed il
Capt. Stone Iceland for Il
months and in Ireland for a veal
before going into combat with the
! infantry in France. A Reserve Of
ficer, he was called to active duty
in July, 1910. after graduating from
the University of Wisconsin.
! Mrs. Stone, who lives at TOO North
Wayne street, Arlington. came hert
to do war work more than two
years ago.
Marine Corpl. WilIoughby Clement
bill Hammondl Mason, Is, son Of
Mrs. Mary Jane Mason, sos NORTH
Garfield street, Arlington, was killed
in a plane crash near Caspar, Wyo.
November Is, it was learned here
today.
A veteran of three major cam
paigns in the Pacific, Corpl Mason
was returning to the West Coast fol
duty after his first home furlough
in Is months service. The Army
transport exploded in midair. &C
cording to witnesses. and the II
passengers were killed.
Corpl. Mason was a native of
Flint, Mich He moved to Arlington
in 1888 with his father, the late
w. c. Mason Hammond, and his
mother. He attended Thomas JET
ferson Junior High and Washington
Lee High School before joining the
marines in May, 1913. He served
as gunner on a battleship and was
personal orderly for Admiral Chester
W. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor.
He is also survived by brother
Peter, 5, of Arlington, and his
grandparents who live in Flint.
Funeral services and burial took
place Friday in Flint.
Wounded
Col. Henry I. Hodes. As. of 1910
Yuma street NV, who has been
wounded twice since August in the
European area, has been returned
to Washington for assignment to
the operations division of the War
Department General Staff
Commander of an infantry regi-
ment, Col. Hodes was wounded Au-
gust in France and again in Bel
gium on September 9. Arriving in
Washington about week ago, he
is receiving treatment at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Col. Hodes, whose home is in
Houston, Tex. graduated from West
Point in 1920. He first came to
Washington in 1899 to attend the
Army War College and subsequently
was on duty here for two years with
the War Department General Staff
He went overseas in January.
He recently was awarded the Sill
yer Star.
His wife and three children, Jack.
Jean and Celeste, live here.
Second 1t. Henry E. Temple, %,
son of Col and Mrs John p Temple,
1915 Park road NV, has returned
to active duty after convalescing in
England for several weeks from
wounds received in action in France,
his parents have been notified. He
was officially reported as wounded
in action in War Department
press release today.
In the armored forces, 1t Temple
entered the Army more than three
years ago and has been overseas
since July. AS the son of an Army
officer, he lived at number of posts
before attending Virginia Polytech-
mic Institute at Blacksburg, Va, and
the Colorado School of Mines
Golden, Colo.
His father, who came to Washing
ton in July as member of the War
Department Army Retiring Board
is now a patient at Walter Reed
Hospital.
Staff Sergt. John w. Craddock
Sd, 25, who was wounded in action
in France on August 30, spent the
Thanksgiving holiday week end with
his mother, Mrs John w. Craddock
jr., of 6613 Strathmore street, Chevy
Chase, Md.
Still a convalescent, he is being
treated at the Newton D. Baker
General Hospital in Martinsburg, w
Va, where he was sent last month
from a hospital in England. He off.
cially was reported as wounded ir
action on today's War Department
casualty list.
A native of Lynchburg, Va, Sergt
Craddock was graduated from the
Virginia Episcopal School. Aftel
his family moved here, he worked
for time in the Government befor.
he enlisted in the Army shortly afte,
Pearl Harbor.
With the 29th Division, he ha!
been overseas for about two and {
half years.
His brother, 1t. William w. Grad
dock, %, now an instructor in navi
CATION at MacDill Field, Tampa
Fla, visited his mother in Septem
ber. Formerly based in Italy, he re
/ turned to this country after com
pleting SO missions last summer.
Pvt. Herbert Lapkoff, 10, son o
Mr.. and Mrs. Abraham Lapkoff, 172
Kenyon street NV, was officiall,
reported today by the War Depart
ment as wounded in action ii
France In a letter home last weel
he said he has rejoined his outfit
but that his right arm, which wa
injured on August "a, is still givini
him trouble.
A native of Washington, Pvt. Lap
koff graduated from Central Higl
School and entered the Army las
November. He is veteran of AMI,
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