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avenue, Cheverly, who was previously
listed as missing, is prisoner of
Germany, according to the War De-
partment. Pvt. Works parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Work, of 232 Twelfth
place NE, have been informed he
was wounded at the time he was
taken prisoner in July. He was
treated in German hospital and
is now in prison camp.
A native of Washington, Pvt
Work is graduate of Eastern High
School. He was employed at the
Navy Yard prior to entering the
service in June, 1912. Pvt. Work
has been overseas with the infantry
since May. His brother, Corpl.
Stanley Work, is fighting in Europe
Staff Sergt. Artie H. Gray, jr., 81,
whose wife, Mrs. Lorraine L. Gray
lives at 4807 Somerset road, River
dale, Md, is prisoner of war, ac-
cording to the War Department.
A gunner on B-24 Liberator
Sergt. Gray's plane was forced down
while on daylight raid over Buda-
pest. A former TWA Airlines en-
ploye. he joined the Air Forces in
March, 1913, and has participated
in q missions. He is a graduate
of Hyattsville High School and is
the father of an 18-month-old boy
Artie Wayne Gray. His parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Artie H. Gray, live
at 1909 Somerset road.
Corpl. George M. White, jr., 81,
son of Mrs George M. White, of
1910 Powhatan road, Hyattsville,
Md, is German prisoner of war,
according to the War Department.
Corpl. White, a gunner on a B-24,
was reported missing after a raid
over Austria. A student at Hyatts-
vile High School, he enlisted in the
Air Forces on his 18th birthday
and has been overseas since Deem
Der 8, 1913. His grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Griffin, also live
at the Powhatan road address.
Staff Sergt. Thurlie d. Cooke.
AAF, engineer-gunner. husband of
Mrs. Daisy j. Cooke, 300 Fifth street
NE, is prisoner of Germany, the
War Department announced today.
Sergt. Cookies brother, Auldie M.
Cooke of the same address, said his
brother was shot down on his 47th
on August 8. When Sergt.
Cooke wrote more than two months
later, he said he was hurt little
when he bailed out of his plane,
but now was alright. He had been
overseas about four months before
he was shot down, Mr.. Cooke said.
He was manager of a Safeway
butcher store in Georgetown before
he went in the air forces.
Pfc. Walter w. Burke, 81, infan-
try, husband of Mrs. Faith E.
Burke, 1475 Columbia road NV, is
a prisoner of Germany, according
to the War Department.
He was taken prisoner March 10.
Mrs. Burke said. She has heard
from him three times. A letter Mrs.
Burke received in August said her
husband was working on a farm in
Germany. Overseas since Deem
Der, 1912, Pvt Burke attended Fair
fax High School and worked in
Fairfax before he went in the Army
in February, 1943, Mrs. Burke said
Pvt. Burke's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
R. w. Burke, live in Clifton, Va,
where he was born. Pvt. Burke's
wife is employed by the Federal
Housing Commission, Fourteenth
and L streets NV.
Pvt. E. Clayton E. Beach, son of
Mrs. Alice r. Beach, formerly Of 643
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, was listed
today by the War Department as a
prisoner of Germany.
Pvt. Everett w. Kline, 20, infantry,
husband of Mrs. Betty F. Kline, SALT
Sherrier place NV, who was re-
ported missing in action last June 9
in France, today was reported by the
War Department as prisoner of
Germany.
He was taken prisoner last Sep
TENDER, Mrs. Kline said. He has
been overseas two years. All en-
ploye of the District of Columbia
Paper Mills, Inc, before he went
in the Army in l94l, Pvt. Kline was
born in Washington. His wife works
for the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele-
phone Co. A sister, Mrs. Louise
Czarn, lives at $500 Monroe street
NV.
Six other men from the Washing
ton area are listed rs prisoners Of
war in the War Department release