Evening star., 1945-08-06
Former Justice Aide
lis Among Veterans
Returning Home

Names of additional Washington
area servicemen homeward bound
on furloughs and leaves and Others
with Army discharges were an.
nounced today.
Capt. James l.. Cornwell, formei
special assistant to the Attorney
General, has arrived at his home
4421 Forty-fifth street NV, after
being discharged from the Army al
Fort Dix, N. j.
In the Army "a months, Capt
Cornwell served with the Allied
Military Government in England
and France, where he won the
bronze star for superior perform.
ance of duty. He returned to this
country last November to recover
from injuries.
With the Justice Department
from 1894 until 1912, he served g
special assistant to Robert H. Jack
son when he was Attorney General
He took part in The Evening Star
Christmas Tree Fund campaign
and in arrangements for the Wash
ington Soap Box Derby sponsored
by The Star.
More Men Home From Abroad.
TIA Ralph w. Bell, 2415 E street
N. w., also was discharged at Fort
Dix.
Durward E. Blakely, aviation
radioman 1/C, of 422 Kennedy
street N. w., has returned on leave
after % combat missions in the
Pacific as a gunner on an Avenger
torpedo plane. AS member Of Vice
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher's task
force, he took part in missions over
Tokyo, Two Jima and Okinawa. He
wears the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
Four names were added to the list
of local men arriving in New York
today on the S. S. John Erickson.
They are: Col. Thomas A. McCrary
of 2121 Virginia avenue NV. Pfc.
Roland s. Kostner of 1016 Four
teenth street NV. Pfc. Charles F..
Greenwalt of 712 F street NV. and
Pfc. Eugene N. Frey Of GIT Ingra-
ham street NV.
Returning from duty with the Air
Forces in the Pacific are Sergt.
william F. Hake Of 8l2 Madison
street NV, Capt. Paul A. Stuart,
jr,, of l20 North Fairfax street, Falls
Church, Va, and T/Sergt. Joseph H.
Gallagher of 4601 Twenty-ninth
street NV.
Navy Men Due Soon.
The Navy reported the following
men will return on leave from over
seas: Steward SIC Hassie Foxworth
of 1900 Vermont avenue NV. Stew
ards Mate 1/c James C.. Wilson of
946 Florida avenue NV. and Stew
ards Mate sc Wandee Chambers of
lat S street NE
T/Sergt. Jack A. Shouman OF 2222
North Lexington street Arlington,
Va, and Corpl. William J. Meyer,
jr., Of 29ll South Dakota avenue
NE. are coming home on furlough,
the Army announced.
Pfc. Stephen K. Brooks, %, of sic
A street NE, arrived by plane at
Presque Isle, Me. after two years
in the European theater.
TIA Leon Willis. Leesburg, Va,
and Tf5 Herman r. Spriggs, Arling-
ton. Va, arrived in New York yes
terday aboard the transport India
Victory. Pfc. George w. Bixhop,
Church road, Fairfax County, Va,
arrived in New York yesterday on
the transport William Richardson.
six Await Reassignment.
Six Washington members of the
air forces, back from overseas, are
awaiting reassignment at Miami
Beach, Fla. They are: Capt. Gene
w. Bilderback, 1886 Rollins avenue
Sc; 1st 1t. Carl E. Martin, 2422
Thirty-third street Sc; Capt. John
B. Smith, 1874 Neal street NE;
S/Sergt. Raymond J. Hancart, 1928
East Capitol street Sc; TJSergt.
John w. Shank, lot upsal street
Sc, and S/Sergt. John E. Callow,
1898 Calvert street NV.
Corpl. Albert D. Linko, %, of 2815
Fourth street NE. who served with
the infantry in Europe, Is being
proceSsed through the Army Ground
and Service Forces Redistribution
Station at Miami Beach.
Camp Blanding, Fla, reported the
arrival from overseas of Pvt. Daniel
J. Sillers, SIS X street NE; Pfc.
Robert H. Shaw, 642 Sixth street
NE; Pfc. Thomas R. Council, no
address given; Pfc. Ernest c. Lip
strap of Washington and Pfc. Elbia
Front Royal, Va.
The following have been hon
orably discharged at Fort Meade:
Pvt. Nelson Ballard, Of 394l Grant
street NE; Pvt. George M. Flem-
ming, of IT'S B street Sc; M/Sergt.
Carl w. Baade. Of l40l Columbia
road NV: Pfc. David Ziets, of
526 Powhatan place NV; It's Err
nest w. Moreland, Of 4o4 Sixty