Evening star., 1947-03-25

died-the area Is isolated by cliffs
and dense woods. There are no
roads on the plateau. The New
foundland railroad, however, passes
near the crash area.
Veteran pilots at Harmon Field
said the fact that no one was killed
was a tribute to the skill Of the
pilot, Capt. Angley.
Confident Her Husband Escaped.
Even before rescuers reached the
crashed plane, Mrs. Deas, who mar
ried 1t. Deas four weeks ago today
told newspaperman she was sure
her husband was not hurt.
Mrs. Deas, who is an admins
trative assistant in the production
marketing division of the Agricul-
ture Department, said she was mar
ried to the 35-year -old radio equip
ment specialist at the First Baptist
Church here on February 25. He
is a native Of Rock Hill, s. c., Mrs
Deas said, and has been In the Army
for 10 years. Now stationed at
Gravelly Point, 1t. Deas has served
in many parts of the world, his wife
said. including one year in India
during the war.
A native of Milwaukee, Mrs. Deas
said she has been a washington
resident for two years.
Col. Roman and his wife have one
child, Judith, 16 months. He is
native of Elkton, Md, while his wife
came from Los Angeles. They have
lived in Washington for year. A
weather officer with the Army Air
Forces, Col. Roman had amassed 231
discharge points by the wars end
He was commissioned in July, 1941,
after five years of enlisted service
and went overseas a year later.
He served as a weather officer for
the 9th Air Force during the North
African campaign and later served
In England. His decorations include
the Distinguished Flying Cross, the
Air Medal with 18 Oak Leaf Clusters
and nine Bronze Stars in his Euro
pean theater service ribbon.
1t. Shay in Public Relations.
1t. Shay was a public relations
officer with the Army Air Forces in
the Pentagon Building for a time
shortly after the end of the war
and later was assigned to the
weather service of ATC at Gravelly
Point.
A native of the Bronx, 1t. Shay
is 26. He completed 80 combat mis-
sions over Germany as navigator
with the Britain-based 9th Air
Force, receiving the Distinguished
Flying Cross, the Air Medal with
several clusters and the European
theater campaign ribbon with battle
stars. s
In the latter days Of the war he re-
turned voluntarily 10 the ETO and
was assigned to the ATC for secret
missions into neutral Sweden. He
flew Norwegian government officials
into Scandinavia and returned to
England with anti-Nazi Germans.
After the war 1t. Shay continued to
fly for ATC.
Gay Overseas Three Years.
Mr.. Gay, an administrative and
personnel inspector with the Air
Service, has one daughter,
who lives with his wife in North
He enlisted in the Army
in 1886 and was made q warrant
officer in 1912. He served overseas
for more than three years In Aus
tralia, the Netherlands East Indies
and the Philippines.
He wears three battle stars on his
Asiatic-Pacific thester ribbon, the
Philippine liberation ribbon and
the Army conAnendation ribbon.
It.. Hummel checked out of the
Hotel several weeks ago,
a hotel clerk said, and listed his for
warding address as that of his
mother in st. Paul. He joined the
Army in September, 1912, as an en-
listed man and was made a second
lieutenant in June, 1916. He is also
an inspector for the Air Weather
Service.
Capt. Humes, "a, has one child.
He attended La Sale College for
two years and entered the Army
the day after Pearl Harbor was at
tackled.
He served on Guadalcanal, in New
Guinea, the Marshall Islands and
the Philippines in his 10 months
overseas. He wears the Pacific rib
bon with two battle stars and the
Philippine liberation ribbon with
one bronze cluster.