Evening star., 1945-09-10
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Boost in Rank
Marine Col. Howard
To Get Stor;; Others
Are Army Officers

President Truman today nomi-
mated % high-ranking Army officers
for promotion and also boosted one
Marine Corps colonel to be briga-
dler general. Six of the Army men,
now brigadiers, are becoming major
generals, and II colonels will get
one-star rank.
The Marine nominated to be a
brigadier is Col. Samuel L. Howard,
native Washingtonian, taken pris-
oner by the Japanese on Corregidor
and recently released from an enemy
prison camp in Manchuria.
The six Army men to be tenn
porary major generals are: Brig.
Gems. Clarence Lionel Adcock, AL
bert Francis Hegenberger, veteran
Army flyer; Wallace C. Philoon,
Ralph Maxwell Inmell, Carl Ray
mond Gray, jr., and Frank Edward
Lowe.
Colonels Are Promoted.
Colonies to be brigadier generals
are: Edward Allen Noyes, Winfred
George Shelton, Chaplain William
Donoghue Clary, James Keller Her.
bert, Erie Oden Sandlin, Luther
Remi Moore, Robert Kinder Taylor,
Sidney Lovett Chappell, Robert
Morris Hardaway, James bennett
Mcintyre, Clyde Mckay Beck, Ed
ward Sedley Bres, Donald Ben
nett Adams, George Abbott Brow
nell, William Claire Menninger,
Luther Lyons Hill and James Fen
ton McManmon.
Commanded Beach Defenses.
Col. Howard, 81. commanded the
4th Marine Regiment and had
charge of the beach defenses at
Corregidor. He was liberated by
an Army parachute team which was
dropped into the Hoten prison camp
at Mukden, Manchuria. He re-
turned here last week.
Col. Howard has been warded the
Navy Cross for displaying "out-
standing qualities of courage, lead
ership and efficiency" at Corregidor
and by doing so rendered an out
standing service in action by main
tanning his force at the peak of
battle efficiency under the most
difficult and hazardous conditions"
Col. Howard's wife arrived in
Washington last week from Daytona
Beach, Fla, to await his arrival.
Their daughter Betty is married to
1t. q. g. Laurence Richardson. a
Navy flyer, and another daughter,
Mrs. Ralph Sheppard, is the wife of
lieutenant commander A brother,
Albert L. Howard, lives at 1880 Ca
thedral avenue NV
Gen. Adcock, assistant Engineer
Commissioner of the District in 1899,
Is native of Waltham, Mass. He is
assistant chief of staff in charge of
supply with the 9Th Army Group
He received the Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal in November, 1914, for
service as supply chief of the Allied
Force Headquarters and served
through the Tunisian, Sicilian and
Italian campaigns.
Wife Lives Here.
Gen. Adcock's wife and q son,
Robert L. Adcock, live here. An
other son, c. w. Adcock, is with the
Army.
Gen. Hegenberger of Boston has
served as chief of staff Of the United
States 14th Air Force since March
IL. 1945. in China He was the
partner of 1t. L. j. Maitland in the
first nonstop fight from Oakland,
Calf, to Hawaii, in 1927. Gen.
Hegenberger won the Collier Trophy
in 1885 for his work in developing
and putting into operation the Army
blind flying system. The late Pres
ident Roosevelt presented the trophy
to Gen. Hagenberger at the White
House in the presence of the Ma
tion's aviation leaders in July, 1885.
Gen. Hegenberger is World War
graduate of the aviation section of
the Army Signal Corps. He is mar
ried and has two sons and
daughter.
Gen. Lowe, past department
commander of the American Legion
of Maine, served overseas in the last
war. He was called to active duty
in this war as executive for Reserve
and Reserve officers Training Corps
officers Affairs He was in London
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