Evening star., 1945-08-17

Of 1929 Connecticut avenue NV.
Capt Kenneth Mortimer Hoeffel
Of the Navy. $3.50 Sixteenth street
NV.
Col. Theodore M. Chase, whose
sister, Mrs Robert r. Ralston, lives
at 2219 California street NV.
Col. Richard G. Rogers. 813 Bev-
erly drive, Beverly Hills, Alexandria,
Va.
Col. Stuart A. Hamilton, 3726
Connecticut avenue NV.
Col. Abraham Garfinkel, 2700 Wis
consin avenue NV.
Others on List.
Others whose liberation l. cx-
pected include:
1t. George e. Morris, TITS Morn
ingside drive NV, of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey His wife and two
children were interned by the Japa-
nese, but have been repatriated.
Henry Walker, interned near
Shanghai, the brother OF Mrs. Tel
ford Taylor, 218 Jones Bridge road,
Chevy Chase, Md.
In the group of soldiers moved
from Formosa to Manchuria the
ranking officer is Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainwright, who became COM
mander In the Philippines after Gen.
Macarthur was ordered to Australia
early in 1912.
The wife Of Gen. Sharp is pris-
oner-of-war consultant for the
Eastern area of the Red Cross, with
Offices in Alexandria. She formerly
was head of the civilian personnel
placement section OF the Sd Service
Command in. Baltimore, but took up
her work in Alexandria last No.
vember.
Son at West Point.
Gen. Chynoweths family has had
one letter from him since the trans
fer to Manchuria. Mrs. Chynoweth
lives at the Idaho avenue address
with two daughters, Miss Frances E.
Chynoweth and Miss Mary Chyno-
weth. now sophomore at Smith
College. A son, w. Edward Chyno-
weth, is in his third year at West
Point.
Gen. brakes wife received
letter from him five weeks ago in
which he said he was fine and
liked his surroundings. The letter
was not dated. He went to the
Philippines in 1910, accompanied by
Mrs. Drake, who was evacuated in
May, 194l.
non~hf~rS UaI -
The brakes have two daughters.
Mrs Douglas Williams, the wife of
Col. Williams of the Air Forces,
now in Santa Ana, Calf, and Mrs.
George B. Greene, the wife of COL
Greene also of the Air Forces,
stationed at Tampa, Fla Gen. Drake
has a grandson of whose birth he
has not heard. Mrs. Drake said. The
boy, named for his grandfather, is
Charles Drake Greene, born June
30, 1914
Col Howard's family formerly
lived at 1929 Connecticut avenue
The colonel commanded the famous
4th Regiment of Marines and other
Marine forces on Bataan and
Corregidor. Mrs. Howard left Wash
ington last November for Florida
The Howards have two daughters,
Mrs. Ralph Shepherd and Mrs.
Larry Richardson, both the wives
of Navy officers.
Capt. Hoeffel's wife said she had
received no word from him since he
had been moved to Manchuria.
He was White House naval aide
in the Coolidge and Hoover admin
istrations. In the Philippines, when
Admiral Francis w. Rockwell was
ordered to Australia with Gen. Mac
Arthur, Capt. Hoeffel was command
er of the naval forces there.
Loses His Wife.
Col. Chase's last letter, received by
his sister, was written August 5,
1914, and arrived last January. Dur
ing his Imprisonment, his wife, the
former Miss Page Wray of Virginia,
died at West Point in July, 1912.
Letters he wrote subsequently
acknowledged he had received news
of Mrs. Chase's death.
Col. Chase commanded the Goth
Antiaircraft Regiment on Corregi-
dor. He is the son of the late. Col.
Constantine Chase and was born at
Washington Barracks, now the Army
War College A brother, Constantine
Chase, is with the District Highway
Department. Col. Chase is a 1909
graduate of West Point.
Col. Rogers wife makes her home
with daughter, Mrs. J. P. La Prade
In Alexandria. A son, Richard G
Rogers. jr., is a student at the
Georgetown Dental School.
Transferred to Army.
Col. Hamilton was graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1916, but
transferred to the Army. A men,
Der of the Chemical Warfare Serv-
ice. he was sent to the Philippines
in 1899. Mrs Hamilton accompanied
him, but was evacuated in May,
1941. She too, has received no word
from her husband since his removal
to Manchuria. A son, Capt. Stuart
A. Hamilton, jr, is now in Germany
Col. Garfinkel enlisted in the
Army in 1900 and spent practically
his entire military career in the
Philippines, serving with the Phil
ippine Scouts. Mrs. Garf1nkel and
daughter, Mrs. Nina Page, reside
at the Wisconsin avenue address
A son, Capt Bernard Garfinkel, is
in the Air Forces.
Mrs. Garfinkel received an official
message three weeks ago. that her
husbands name had been mentioned
in japanese broadcast. The broad
cast said Col. Garfinkel was well.
Mrs. George E. Morris, TITS
Morningside drive, and her two
children, who know the horrors of
prison life, are excitedly awaiting
news of the release of 1t. Morris.
1t. Morris was taken to Sukuoka
Prison on Kyushu Island, Japan,
after surviving the torpedoing Of a
Japanese prison shin in SIlhic Raw