Lieutenant On LeaveHaving been commissioned a Sec-i

nd Lieutenant in the Armored!| rank Forces, Merrell K. Grahaml

r.p son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrell K.iiraham Sr., of 378 Wlnthrop Road,|

[ Vest Englewood, is home on a 10-§ay leave from Part Knox, Ky.Lieutenant Graham, a graduate!

f Teaneok High School and Feddie jchool of Heightstown, N. J., en-isted in the Army during his first!ear at Colgate Univeristy in Jan- iary, 1942, He began his training!nth the iSignal Corps and was later!ransferred to the Armored Tank!livision. On Sept. 27, 1943, he was |ent to Officers' School at Forliiiox where he received his com-|lission.

Messina Raised In Navy „• Michael V. Messina, 18, of 700|j Ihestnut Avenue, Teaneck, has!1 een promoted to seaman first class!i nd is now home on a short leave.gl i e will be assigned to active duty!1 pon completing his visit. Messina!! s the son of Mr. and Mrs, Michael!I ' . Messina Sr. I" His brother, Machinist Mate Sec-IAnd Class Prank Messina, is sta-liioned with the Navy at Norfolk.JS7a.

iKirchoff Is Raisedjl'o First Lieutenant, Lieutenant William Augustus!! tirchhoff, son ot Mr. and Mrs.lI yilliam M. Kirehhoff of 130 GriggslI venue Teancclc, has been promoted!! ram a second to a first lieutenant!j i the Corps of Engineers at CampiI Sordon Johnston, Florida, where helj 5 stationed with the amphibiou-*I raining forces. .1 Lieutenant Kirchhoff is married1 o the lormer Helen Zucs of Tren-I3 ion and is the father of a son, Wil-rI lam John IV, who was born on• January 7. On the same-day, Lteu-Ii;cnant Kirchhoff was made com-1Ipany commander oJ his battalion.!BHe 'is a graduate of Teaneck HighSJSchool, where he was awarded arKootball scholarship to Bergen JuniorTQollege and entered the service in1

llanuary, 1941.

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ICOL. ROM LEADSFORTRESS WING1AfiABBTJEICl

I Teaneck Officer Tells OfGigantic Attack On

Schweinfurt

| S E C 0 N D COMMAND!

By COUP. JOHN H. SULLIVAN

I Air Force attacked the Schweta-jSfurt, Germany, ballbearing works!I lor the third time last Thursday,!l a Teaneck man, Lieutenant Ool-ISonel Louis W. Rohr, of 814 Queen!I Anne Road, led for the second time!l a Fortress combat wing against!I thai important Nazi target. I1 Thursday's raid, which, mam-l1 tailed an almost continuous assault!I against the Nazi aircraft industries!il!v the fourth day of the.samel| week, was the second co-oraiiiated|I attack in three days » • *h e , w = B t |I and south by heavy bombers ofi 8th A A. I", and the 15th A. A. l .,•l?he latter operating ftom bases ini

P T L important ME 110 aircraft?1 factory T a o t h a was bombed suc-LI ces fully by Liberators of the.Eighth!I A A P., while Portresses of the 8tb |I A A F. struck an almost staul-IStaneous heavy blow at rebmlttinlants and heretofore undamaged!iareas at the Scheinfurt ballbearings II works .Schweiillurt had P « * ™ g |I been damaged severely by f^nwtI A A P. bombers on August 17 and II October IS, but had been partly re-1ISored and was producing an ap-lI proximate 40 per cent of its original!

rSrfwas undoubtedly the.mostlI successful mission I've flown," said II S l Rohr. "Everything cUcked.l

fe^?o^S1 definitely hit, and hit hard II The bombers were escorted by!IA A P Lightnings, Mustangs,!I Thunderbolts and by B. A. P. and IISmin ion Spitfires, mustangs and!| Typhoons. The American M**™ II shot down 36 and the B. A. F.I| shot down one ™eniy aircraftJ| t t o Eighth A. A. P. bomb-1l e r s and "1 " 8 M e r s w e r e *™Stalsi

I from this attack.

3 Enlist In Waves2f

With Service Contingentllloy Goddin, Former Bogota Banker, C. W. Miesmer,I

Tennis Ace, Go Into Armed Force Tomorrow

Two fathers head the list of inductees from TeanecMJ-who enter the service of the Army and Navy tomorrow. They!iarc Roy C. Goddin oi' 521 West Englewood Avenue, and Charles!|W. Miesmer of 24G Cherry

WAS A TELLERH Goddm, well known in Bogoi•where he was employed at the BiIgota National Bonk for 6 years ii a teller, has. lived at the West Eigglcwood Avenue address m Teilueck ior 7 years. He lias one s,oIBI'UCC, who is 12 years old.1 Goddin, who has been chosen I>•Army service, move recently h:ibecn tlie treasurer of a mortgai•company in .Newark,1 Miesmer, who is a con&lructkI estimator, is the father of an 1• month-old .son, Jackie. The Mieliners, have lived in Teancck forlyears.I A well-known tennis playeriBcrgen, Mie^mcr was at, one tin•No, 1 man lit Lconia Tennis Ohl a n d m recent year? was a mcml)§of the tennis team at OriUni Pie

^lub in Hackensaok.Miosmer is to serve in the Nav

„ The other inductees from Tei•neck's Selective Service Board N96 entering service tomorrow are:

NavyFRED NICEWICZ, 976 Alii

iDnve.JOHN HENRY JOHANNSEN,

^airview Avenue.JOHN HENRY FISCHER, 6

iRiver Road.BERNARD FRANCIS POWER

§76 Shepard Avenue.Army

OLE MYHBEN, 48 N. PlTOpoTerrace.

ROBERT WILLIAM KOCH,Shcpard AvcnL?e.

PATSY PATRICK GARRIPOIBilton Street.

Ktcin ConwniaslDned(Special to the BerBeu BveninjNow Haven, Conn., Mar. 4 — ]

1 gene W. Klein, son of Eugene Kl• of 49 Oranford Place, Teaneck,• been commissioned a second li1 tenant and received his gold t• at the Army Air Forces TrainI Command School afe Yale UnhIsity. He is now prepared lor dSat an advanced flying Held wlI he will foe in charge of a crew[enlisted men who are specialist.^I maintenance, j

Master Sergeant William J.Zimmerman of Teaneclt has re-ceived special commendationfrom Ms detachment com-mander, Lieutenant KudolphVtanich, EngineCT Corns, for

| conditioning; and maintenaj)iceol electrical eauiment, detymg

1 Stia^Lr' HHS *£

i Avenue.

EarTrSgbescn« & dlcoUege, the Bronx, for indoctnna-1^TVEST ENGliEWOOD — M i s s f•Veronica Marie Majone, 1096 Alicia•Avenue, daughter of Mr. and Mrsf

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. ueutenant Leo C. Pi'ancis, son ofl| Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Francis of 2931I Hickory Lane, Teaneck, and pilot ofl• the 8th A. A. P. Plying Fortressl• Terry and the Pirates, has beenl• awarded the Oak-Leaf Cluster to thellAir Medal for courage, coolness and!| skill displayed while participating ml15 separate bomber missions over en-"lemy occupied Continental Europe.1 Lieutenant Francis, whose wife.gI Hilda T. Francis, is also a resident!• of Teaneck, was employed as a life-II guard at Arcola swimming pool be-H

• lore entering the A. A. P.

Zellweger PassesJCoui'so In Army

Private Eugene Ernest Zellw| the husband of Ruth Clare Zell

_• of 36 West Edsall Boulevard, PIsades Park, has been gradiIfrom the Telephone Commu:itions School at the Fort Eustis

antiaircraft Replacement Centij Private Zellweger, the son o:land Mrs. Jqhn Zellweger ol 25 I n - |Itervale Road, West Englewood, is a j|gi-aduate ot Dumont High School!

and was employed by the Aluml-Inum Company of America, Edge-1water, before his induction into thelArmy last October. .He lias a 6-Jnonth-old daughter.

I S AIR MEDALFOR 5JISSIONSI

I Vnd Now Easterbrook IHas 13 Under Belt

At the same time that Mrs. C. I. Easterbrook of 42 Werner Place,!

' eaneck today received official!ord that her son, Technical Ser- |jant Gordon L. Easterbrook hadi:en awarded the Air Medal forfimpletlon of 5 operational mis-lons over enemy territory, she also!iceived a letter from him sayingilat he had now completed 13 mis - |ons.Sergeant Easterbrook is engineersl a B-24 Liberator bomber, s t a - |oned somewhere in England. Heft

married. His vile, Jane W.Pasterbrook, lives at 46 Rooseveltgvenue, Dumont.He attended Teaneck High School,8id was employed by the Berjfenfiveiling Record before he joined!le Army Engineers Nov. 10, 18421e trained at Atlantic City and!.tended gunnery school at Panamasity, Fla. Last November he was!nt overseas. The Sergeant has 2[•others in the service.William Easterbrook, 17, seaman|rst class, recently arrived atival hospital in California, where!s is recovering from fatigue after!jelng extensive action in the New!ritain area of the South Pacific!

| le has been in the Navy since lastjpril.Private First Class Robinson!asterbrook, a photographer in t he !:arine Corps, entered the service!st September. After a recent fur- iugh, he was assigned to an air-j'aft carrier.

Are Commissionedi \s Bombardier-Navigators

(SoeclRl to the Bergen Evening Kecord)Victorville, Calif., Mar. 4—Twol

Pergen County, N. J., airmen have!ten graduated as bombardier-nav-Jators from this Admy Air Base.jIiey are Second Leiulenant Rich-1•d T. Habel son of Mrs. Frcdaj. Habel, of 179 Johnson Avenue,!eaneck and Plight Officer Harold j, Hardstedt, son of Mr. and Mrs, Iustaf F. Harstedt of 381 HilUide|venue, Leonia.Lieutenant Habel is a graduate of Ieaneck High School and attended!ew York University. He is a mem-Jsr of the Teaneck Athletic Clublid at one time managed Teaneckjigh School's track team to i t s !rst championship. He has two!

{brothers in the service, Ensign IDavid Habel, U. E. N. R.,,and Prl-I

Jvate Martin Habel with the Army|I n Alaska.

Leibreckt Is A Sergeant(Special to the Bereen Evening Record)Harlingen, Tex., Mar. 4—Promo- I

.on of John J. Leibrecht Jr., 22, of Ineck, N, J., to the rank of ser-j

eant was announced at file Army!1 Force Gunnery School here to- j

iday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. iI Job n J. Leibrecht ol 568 Marleusel|Avenue and he was graduated from I

Teaneck High School, Before his I[enlistment he was associated with Ij thc Wright Aeronautical Corpora-J

tion in Paterson.

I Chaplain Bayer| ls Now A Captain

Mrs. E. George Bayer of 1221lAyers Court, West Englewood, re-1iceived word yesterday that her IIhusband, wlio is stationed at the ![Aviation Cadet Center at San An-rItonio, Texas, has been promoted t o || the rank of captain.

Chaplain Bayer who is on leave!iof absence from his post as pastor!•of the Teaneck Methodist Church,!•DeGraw Avenue, Teaneck, enlisted!•in November, 1043. He served a t i§Lowry Field, Denver, Colo., beforejibeing transferred to Texas.

He is a veteran ot World War 11where he served with the Navy. Hisf

BROTHERS MEET TWICE IN ENGLAND

9\tiiLion I uldibncls II WitV foni c

(Special la the Bergen Evening Record)Chapel Hill, N. C, Mar. 7—Navall

j Aviation Cadets Eugene Tidwell of I• West Englewood, N. J., and George [| W . Hardie Jr. of Hackensack. FT. J.,iliave successfully completed the in-I tensive 11-week course at the Navy IIpre-Hight School here. 'They have I• been promoted to primary flight II training schools. II Cadet Tidwell, son of Mr. and Mrs.lI Harry Tidwell, will report to Glen-1Iview, 111., for primary training. He II is a graduate of Dwight Morrow!I High School, Englewood, N. J., class!Iof 1940, where he was a member of jI the varsity football team.

7?,)ft Ji

SGT. WARREN ECKE

Sergeant Warren Ecke and Prl-|vate Fred Ecke Jr., Eons of Mr. and

Crs. Fred Ecke of 110 Circle Drive,IWest Englewood, met twice in Eng-jland in February after being sepa-|rated for a year and a half.

Sergeant Ecke, stationed in Eng-l a n d with the • Military Police,llearned his brother was stationedgnear him in the Ordnance Depart-

nent of the Army Air Force andivisited him lor the week-end of

February 12. The following week-

PROMOTED

. PVT. FRED ECKE

end Private Ecke returned the visit.!Mr. Ecke, father of the two sol-i

diers, has been employed at a war!plant and has not been absent oncelin the past 3 years. Sergeant Ecke'slwife, the former Miss Alice Hau- isen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack!Hansen of 1145 Stasia Street, West!Englewood, is at home with their!2-month-old son. Sergeant Ecke h a s !been overseas since July, 1343, a n d !Private Ecke has been there since!last December.

Graham, In England,Now First Lieutenant

Lieutenant Lloyd R. Graham, sonof William Graham, of BeaumontAvenue, West Bnglewood, has beenpromoted to first lieutenant inEngland. He is in an infantry regi-ment.

Lieutenant Graham was graduat-ed from Teaneck High School in1D38, and entered the service inAugust, 1942, while still attendingBuckneli University. Upon inductiontie was sent to Hamilton Field,California, where he received hisappointment to Officers CandidateSchool at Port Belvoir, Va. Shortlyafter graduation, he was sent qver-scas where lie has been for the pastnine months.

LT. LLOYD R. GRAHAM

liieut. Phillips|At Minter FieldI First Lieutenant John Donald!•Phillips, son of Mrs. E. N. Phillips, IIof 1242 Laurelton Avenue, wostlI Englewood, has reported to t h e |I Army Air Force Basic Flying' Train-1l ing School at Mtnter Weld, in Ba-IIkersfield, Calif., to take over duties!l a s an administrative and personnel!•officer at the field's pilot school. •

Brennan PromotedTo First Lieutenant

(Special to the Bergftn Evening H*oord)China Air Base, March 9—The

•promotion of William J. Brennan,Jhusband of Mrs. Margaret H. Bren-Inan of 215 Johnson Avenue, Tea-Ineck, to the rank of first lieutenantJwas announced recently at head-iquarters of Major General Claire1 L . Chennault's Fourteenth Unitedistates Air Forcel Lieutenant Bren-Inan is a bombardier on a B-24, andl a s additional duty in his sduadron,• h e serves as special services officer.I He has been in China, since Oo-Itober 1943 and has'participated inI many blastings of Jay installations,• i n the Orient. While in the United•States, he serveil at Williams Meld,1 Arizona; Hondo, Texas; Salinas,•and Blythe, California. Prior to en-itering the service, he was employed1 by the Liberty Mutual InsuranceIcompany, in New York Ci' ~

Richtcheidt ArrivesAt Peterson Field

(Special to thoSergen Evening Record)Peterson Field, Colorado Springs,

Colo,, March 9—Following the com-pletion of his training in the ArmyAir Forces Technical Schools, Sec-ond Lieutenant Edward O. Mcht-scheidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. PhilipBichtsoheidt of 1329 Sussex Road,Teaneck, has arrived at this fieldfor assignment to the combat crewtraining school as a four enginenlot.

iil ' lME AT TEANECK

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rEANECK FLIERS ADVANCE IN TRAINING

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M ijor Arthur Esslinger of 9431Jl'iin.ie Street, Teaneok, who h a s !

i'i»i returned after 2 years ofjM-M ice in Puerto Itico where he I

]u,i>> stationed as an ordnance I1.1 nil clietnical warfare officer!J-mli the Antilles Air Command,!j M.iiir Esslinecr has joined Cap-111 IMI Stephen S. T. Schoonmalter I

r w Post

ENSIGN R. L. WOLPERTEnsign Wolpert, son ol Mr.I

land Mrs. Louis M. Wolpert, 114fHGrigBS Avenue, Teaneok, was com-1•missioned March 8 at the Naval AiriiTraimng Center, Corpus OhristilITex. He received his preliminary•flight instruction at the Glenviewl•111- Naval air base.

TEANECK BOY IS PAUL LUKAS'S GUEST., 1

.-£

Private First Class George Pas-ffsantino of Teaneck, who took partI in the Marshall Isjands invasion,I is shown above with film star Paul• Lukas who was host to,,PassantinoI at the Hollywood Canteen beforeIjhe left this country. The marineI met Lukas informally on ' a sfcree'Jin Hollywood, speaking to the actor jJ whom lie recognized.

The son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael]IPassantino told of the- event in aj letter which said lie*is in good|I health following the Marshall,? in-I vasion, '

He is with the Fourth Division ofI the Marines, having ^entered the• service in August of ~I too trained at Parri:land at New River, IS

stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.,1before leaving for overseas duty.|

He was graduated from TeaneiHigh School, where he was car-Itoonist on the Te-Hi News, school!organ. His work on the school paper!is now being done by his brother,]

!atthew.

Naval Aviation Cadets James A. McCaffrey (left) and William•Floyd Maxwell Jr., both of Teaneck, have successfully completeditheir intensive 11-wcelc course at the Navy Pre-FIight School a tI Chapel Hill, N. C, and have been promoted to primary flight,I training at the Glcnview, 111., Naval Air Station. McCaffrey is thej son of Mr. and Mrs. William E. McCaffrey ol 1085 Cambridge RoaS,1 Xeaneck ana attended Teaneck High and Fordham University,I where he played football and baseball. Maxwell Is the son o£ Mr.

and Mrs. W. Floyd Maxwell of West Englewood and attended Tea-neclt High and Marshall College before entering the senlce.

IBattle, Gibbons Are Madelmajors In Army Promotions•West Englewood, Bogota Captains Are Raised InS

Bank—Steel, Simon Promoted To 1st Lieutenants

• Two Bergen County Army officers have been promoted!I from captains to majors, it was announced today by the War!• Department.I Elevated in rank were Leo John Battle of West En'gle-Iwood and William E. Gibbons of Bogota. Major Battle is in I• the Engineer Corps and Major Gibbons is at the Officers'PICommand School at Fort L t h K a n s a -

HAS TWO SONSMajor Battle, the father of two!

Iboys, Brendon, and Vincent, is sta-Jitioneci at Camp Ellis, 111. He was!I inducted into the Army in 1941,1•but had previously been a memberl•of the National Guard for aboitt 231lycars. Ij After Pearl Harbor, he was sent!I to the Hawaiian Islands where he Ij remained for 16 months. He was I• born in West Englewood and at-1• tended the Teaneck schools. Fol-I• lowing tile death of his parents, he l1 resided in New York City and wasjI graduated from a high school there.l1 Prior to his induction into service,!I he was employed by the Bell Tele-1• phone Company in New York City.JI His wife is the former Jessie Laurie!1 of Richmond Hill, L. I. I1 William E. Gibbons, son of Mr.Iland Mrs. J. A. Gibbons of 286 Elm Ij Avenue, Bogota, was promoted from!• captain to major last Friday. He is li a student at the Officers' Com-1imand School a t Port Leavenworth, I•Kans. . ' 1I Two other Bergen County officers Ijwere given promotions from secondlI to first lieutenant, it was revealed!• today. II They me Benjamin HubbardlI Steel,' Engineer Corps, of 208 BogertlI Street, Bogota, and Dr. Morris Ijeonl| Simon, Medical Corps, of 402 Ogden]

Saviei PromotedTo Capta in ' s Kank

Lieutenant Stanley Saviet, 26, son!of Dr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Saviet of I

J880 GarriBon Avenue, Tcaneck, has!•been promoted to captain at Sanl•Bernardino, Calif., where he is]•training with the Dental Corps. Be-1[fore entering the service, in April of IBast year Captain Saviot was in-Iteming at Englewood Hospital.

His brother, Private First ClassI31wyn, 23, is studying at the Pitts-]

ill Dental College.

MEDAL TO GRAFFion Of Fred Graffs Of Teaneck Gets j

Purple Heart For InjuryMr. and Mrs. Fred Graff of 284|

Ijames Street, Teaneck, received!•word from their son, Sergeant Har-I•old Graff, 22, who is now serving in ijltaly with a medical detachment ofl• Antiaircraft Coast Artillery, was!• awarded the Purple Heart on Feb-jIruary 14. He suffered an injured]iankle in action. .

Sergeant Graff is a graduate of!JTeaneck High School and was with!•Brewster Aircraft in Newark before!• enlisting on July 13, 1942.

BRouault Ordered| T o Athens , Georgia

Athens, Qa., Mar. 10 — Navalj(Aviation Cadet Robert Rouault, son!lot Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rouault, ofl915 Prince Street, Teaneck, has com-1

ipleted three months of physical!jconditioning and ground school!I work at the Navy Pre-Plight School!Iherc, and has been ordered to the!I Naval Air Station at Dallas, Tex., IJ where he will begin ptogressive II light training to prepare him for a I1 combat unit. Cadet Rouault pre-1Iviously was at the C. A. A. WarJ|TraJning Service School in Con-Iway, Ark.

14 From BergenlAre New Becmits

(Special to the Boieen Evenine Record)Great Lakes, Illinois, Mar. . 8—!

I Four Bergen County men, new re- jI emits at the tr. S. Naval Training I• Station here, are receiving instruc-lIt ion in seamanship, military drill,!l a n d naval procedure. They are: 9I TEANEOK—John William Kar-1[man, 17, son ol Mr. and Mrs. John I• Raman, ot 99 Park Avenue.

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R. MELOY PVT. B. A. MELOY

|Represent Army, Navy,|And Coast Guard

Mrs. Rose Meloy of B16 Oritaniliplace, Teaneck, lias four sons in the]•armed forces, representing the!|Army, Navy, and Coast Guard.

Seaman First Class Alfred L.iJMeloy, 22, entered the Navy in Octo-|iber, 1941. He received training a t !I Newport, R. I., and after 5 months!I duty on a submarine was transferred!I to a sub-tender. He has seen action!Bin the South Pacific and wears the!I silver submarine pin.

Private Robert A. Meloy, 18, i s !iwith the Field Artillery at Fort]jMeade, Md. A graduate of Teaneck]•High School he entered the Army!llast September 22, last year. He!•recently completed 18-weeks train-]| ing at Fort Bragg, N. C.

Seaman First Class John E. Meloy,!|2Q, is now at an aviation mechanics]•school at the Coast Guard Air Sta-IItion, Gloucester, Mass. A graduate!jof Teaneck High School, he enlisted Ij in 1842 and received training a t l•Manhattan Beach, N. Y., the Invas-1lion School at Gloucester, Mass.,Iland the Coast Guard Air StationjI at Salem, Mass.

Aerial Gunner Arthur R. Meloy, 1|23, is training as a radio operator]Ion a B-22 and wears crew wings a t ]Iclovis Base, N. M. He entered the]• Army Jan. 15, 1943, and trained a t ]•Miami Beach, Fla., Sioux Falls, S. D. , |• Traux Field, Wis., Smokey HlllT

Sas., and -Walker Field, Kas. He I|was recently promoted to corporal._

I Mohr PromotedI To Warrant Officer

Arthur Mohr, 33, of 267 HerrichII Avenue, Teaneck, has been pro-1I moted from technical sergeant to I

warrant officer (j. g.) somewhere i n !England where he is on duty with!the Eighth Army Air Force. He i s !married to the former Josephine IMau of Teaneck. They have twojdaughters, Heather, 2, and Jose-phine, 8 months.

After entering the Air Force in IAugust, 1942, Mohr received train-!

I ing at Fort Meyer, Va. He wasjshipped overseas in July, 1943. Frior]to Ills enlistment Warrant Of-1ficer Mohr was manager of the]Variety Club at Dallas, Texas.

S. 1/C A. L. MELOY

Becomes CaptainI At Laughlin Field

J. Robert Mursch, 25-year-old gI aviation instructor, of 157 Herrich 11 Avenue, Teaneck, has been pro-1] moted from first lieutenant to I

captain at Laughlin Field, Tex. [where he is stationed with t h e |

I Army Air Force.He is the son of Mr. and Mrs 1

I John Mursch and was formerly Hemployed by his father at Peerless!Moulded Company, Teaneck. AIgraduate of Teaneck High School [Mursch also attended Bergen Col- jlege. After entering the Army Ail IForce in August, 1941, he trainee I

I at Kelly Field, Tex.Mursch is married to the formci I

I Marie Runge of West Englewood [j who is with him in Texas. The jj couple have a year old son, RayI mond

j LT, LOUIS G. SA£ GEORl .

I San George WinslArmy PromotionI Louis G. San George, 26, of•Longfellow Avenue, Teaneck•been promoted to llrst heut•somewhere in Italy svnere he• duty with Army Field ArtUlerjI A graduate of Teanecfcischool San George was loi•employed as assistant buyeiI c Penny and Company, NewIci ty He entered the Airay rl a r y 2 1942, and received his•tag at Fort Bragg, N. 0. Lafwent to Port Sill, Okla,, for

oau. George is the Mil <and Mrs. Charles San Gaorf

•ent ovej-"" last August...

ILocalVFW Installs

Majov Arthur Esslingev of 9-loi| P ice Street, Teaneck who htisf| j st returned to this country after!J t years at Puerto Rico was obli- [jg ted at a special installation]

lemony last Friday night as•member of Captain Stephen S. T.IISehoonmaker Post V.F.W.

Major EsslinRcr was stationed!gat Borenquen Field and San Ju— Blas Ordnance and Chemical "War-iJfare Officer of the Antilles Air fICommand.

The installation rites were con-1Iducted by Commander Francis J. I•Kelly, assisted by Carl H. Kell-Iigren, Fred Klemm, past eomman-IIders and George N. Bettis, chief of I• staff. Attending were his mother,1jMrs. C. A. Esslinger and his wife, II the former Miss Jean Fisher of||Now York City.

Major Essling'er, 31, attendedI Cincinnati schools and is a gra-1Iduate of Massachusetts Institute I1 of Technology where lie was a Re- FI strve Officer. lie took his training 19 at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, jI Md.

His father, who died 2 years ago, I1 was formerly manager of the Ford jj Motor Plant at Edgewater for 7I years. |

His brother, Lieutenant (J. ;J )I Kobert Esslinger, 23, has been inithe Coast Guard service for the|]ia--.t 2 years, having enlinted tlic j1 war was declared. He is now st a- jItioned at Wilmington, Calif. Hej was stationed aboard the Norman-I die when it caught fire. L1 He was accepted as a member of II the V. F. W. by proxy 2 monthsI ago.

[ Teaneck Mother Has Fouri Sons in Service of U. S.

As her contribution to the war II effort Mrs. Rose Meloy of 5161I Oritani Place, Teaneck has given JI four sons to the services.

Seaman First Class Alfred L. jJMe!oy, 22, entered the Navy inI October, 18<11. He received traili-

ng at Newport, R. I., and after 5 |J months duty on a submarine waslI transfei'red to a sub-tender. He!I has seen action in the South Paci-iI fie and wears the silver submarine!I pin.

Private Robert A. Meloy, 18, is Ijwith the Field Artillery at Foil!IMeade, Md, A graduate of Teaneck |j High School he entered the Army Ij September 22, last year. He II recently completed 18-weeks train- jj ing at Fort Bragg; N. C.

Seaman First Class John F..II Meloy, 20, is now at an aviation Imechan;cs school at -the Coast!Guard Air Station, Gloucester, jMass. A graduate of Teaneck High ISchool, he enlisted in .1942 and j

I received training at Manhattan II Beach, N. Y., the Invasion School II at Gloucester, Mass., and the Coast I1 Guard Air Stat;on at Salem, Mass. I

Aerial Gunner Ai'thur R. Meloy, I• 23, is training as a radio operator II on a B-22 and wears crew wings at jI Clovis Base, N. M. He entered the II Army Jan. 15, 1943, and trained at II Miami Beach, Fla., Sioux Falls,!I s . D., Traux Field, Wis., SmokeyjiHill, Kas., and "Walker Field, Kas.IiHa was recently promoted to II corporal.

IBOYLEIS AWARDEDBRITAIN'S D. F. C.I

I Teaneck Lieutenant Honored For |Saving Flying Fortress

(Special to the Bei'EBn Evening Record)London, Mar. —The Eighth Army j

Air Force command announced here Iat headquarters yesterday that thelDistinguished Flying Cross has !been avarded to Second Lieutenant IJoseph B. Boyle of 539 StandlshlRoad, Teaneck, N. J. g

Boyle was wounded Sn a raid over ILille, France. He was copilot of Ithe Dry Martini Jr., ft Flying IFortress' B-17 bomber whose pilot Iwas killed and another member oilthe cvpw wounderi. Boyle himself |was wounded, but with blood smear-ing his lace, he look the stick of thelplane to bring It back to its base.

Teaneck Soldier's DeviceDoubles Cable-Laying Job

• Corporal Richard Burke, 39, oilI Teaneek, New Jersey, using a |j quality known as "G. I. Ingenuity",!I has devised a gadget which has I1 nearly doubled the amount of cablelj laid by Ms organization, a signal II construction battalion stationed in|J England.• Known as a "bulb and catcher,"!I the device is similar to those used!1 by telephone companies in the!I United States, but virtually unobjtainabl* in England.

Cpl. Burke, a welder and black-lI smith by trade, made the thing!I from scrap metal. The instrument!I is used as part of the process of|I pulling . Me wires through .under-1I ground ducts. Without it, cablePI may be pulled from only one direc-|tion at a time.

I Cpl. Burke's home is with his]j sister, Mrs. Thelma Engels, at 1941 East Port Lee Road, Teaneck, NewI Jersey. He worked for the Pequan-II nock Rubber Company before en-jI tering the service 18 months ago.

"All's Well' CablesI Airman Sullivan

Following: upon receipt of news Ij on January 4 that their son Ser- jJ geatit John L. Sullivan Jr. was II missing in action over Germany!I the flier's parents Mr. and Mrs. f

John L. Sullivan of 1617 RiverlJ Road, West Englewood were over-j[ joyed to learn last week that hej

was safe.

The news came in a cablegram!from John himself although thellocale of his wherabouts was not!disclosed. His message read "Dear!Mom and Pop: Am well. Don't Iworry. See you all soon. Love, IJohn." Nor was his best girl, Miss IHazel Hillyer of 1146 Stasia street,!Teaneck forgotten for she too re-1ceived a cablegram: "Am well.IHaving a swell time. See yon soon. ILove, Johnny." '

Young Sullivan had not been Ibeard from since he went on a Iboinbing^mission on December 30.1

Sullivan shipped overseas last!October 4 and has been on duty asi» gunner since November 20. He isla graduate of Teaneck High School!and enlisted in the Army Air ForcefJan. 12, 1943. He trained at Tuc-json, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah;!and Elythe Field, California.

Lieut. Habel Graduate?

Victorville, California Army AiriFk'ld's newest aerial fighters, thelibombardier-navigator graduates of||Class 44-3, are ready for doublej

u ty over Europe and the Pacific.Combining bombardiering and!

•navigation, today's graduates ofiithe Army Air Forces Training!• Command school, can navigate the!iship to the objective, then man theliboinbsight and realease the bombgI load.

The bombardier-navigator grad-ij uates today i n c l u d e d : Second!Lieutenant Richard T. Habel, soul

I of Mrs. Freda K. Habel, of 1791I Johnson Ave., Teaneck, N. J. Lieut.lj Habel is a graduate of TeaneckiI High School and attended New!I York University. He is a member offIthe Teaneck Athletic Club and at Ilone time managed Teaneck High II School's track team to its first II championship. Two brothers are!I also in service: Ensign DavidlI d. TI. S. N. U. and Pvt. Martini

Lieut Fred WahlIn German Prison

Comforting news came to Mr.jI and Mrs. Fred H. Wahl of 76 West!I Forest Avenue, West BnglewoodiI when they learned via shortwave!J radio from Berlin that their son,!j Lieutenant Russell F. Wahl, who!I was reported on January 19 aslI missing in action is alive and welllI in a German prison camp. Lieuten-|1 ant Wahl presumably was shollJ clown in the raid over Kiel Janu-ffI ary 4. I

Lieutenant Wahl was bombar-jJdier of a B-17 Flying Fortre| known as The Dull' Tool. His par-I

Gnts have communicated with Ielfiatives of all the other members ofLI the crew and all were accounted!1 for as prisioners of war except theiI tail gunner, of whom there liaslI been no word.

A graduate of Teaneck High IJ School in 19S9, Lieutenant Walilljwas in the employ of the Western!j Electric Company when he enlisted!(on April 3, 1942.

Lieutenant and Mrs. Wahl were![married last October at Walla II Walla, Wash., just before he left!I for overseas duty. Since then hej1 and his crew had participated in alI number of raids over Europe. Hisj1 family had been informed that thel1 whole Air Force group of which!J his drew was part, had been]I awarded a Presidential citation.

j Sink Jap CruiserAs co-pilot of a -H-24 Liberator,!

I Second Lieutenant Willis R. M J - |Cafftey Jr. of 3 085 Cambridge!

j Avenue, Xcaneclc, had the sattsfac-fI t'on of being- a member of a crew!I of 11 that sent a 5,100-fcon eruiscrfI of Lhe Jap navy to the bottom ouI the South China Sea,

The big1 bomber delivered thrcoitimai in^ attacks during the hour!

iand -48 minutes in which the crew,Iiby unanimous vote, decUk'ri to Iiplaster hell out of the ^yarship |

t'g'ui dlobs oil consequences..

On the third bombing run the§ cruiser sent up the fiercest ack-iack the combat-tested ci*ew everI saw, but the Liberator came| through without a scratch.

The hetivy plane circled and|came in for a fourth assault witn, its two remaining bombs when theJ crew-men discovered the cruiser| had disappeared beneath the wavesj —evidently stricken below thep water-line by near-miaaes. FourS lieavy bombs were laid on the£ cruiser deck—three on the first bwo• runs.

A graduate of Teaneck Hignj School, where he played both foot--j ball and baseball, Lt. McCaffreyI sntered the service in May o£ 1942j and was commissioned and award-j ad his pilot's wings at Fort Worth,I Texas, in November of last year.j [ie has been overseas three months.

He has two brothers in the ser-| nee, Aviation Cadet James, withI ;he Naval Air Corps at Fensncola,Fla., and Air Student Donald, inthe Navy V-J.2 Program at DrewUniversity in Madison, N. J.

Decorate Pvt. Ziegfield

WITH THE FIFTH ASMY, IT- IlALY—Private William S. ZiegfeldI of Teancek, New Jersey recently II was decorated with the Bronze I1 Star for meritorious achievement EI in action on the Fifth Army front I|in Italy.

Ziegfeld, radio operator in a bat-1I talion headc/uarters company in ihelI SSLll Infantry Division, carried out!I his assigned task although pain-iI fully wounded by shell fire. Carry-1I ing his cumbersome radio over!1 mountainous terrain he maintained!I eomnnmicEitions with all elements!I of his battalion when his radio was!the only agency of communication. I

"Private ZiegfeldJs unselfish de-§J votion to duty has won him the iI miration o the entire command andl1 is ill lteeping with the finest tra<H-|I tions of the armed forces," the iI tation. read a

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HOFFMANN BROTHERS MEET

LT. A. R. ANDERSONTieuteriant Anderson, 19, son

and Mrs. Oscar A. AndersoiGolf Court, Teaneck, was awn 1 |

1 his silver wings and the ratinSi jt on March 12 in gradua

ircises at the A. A. F. traini nmand advanced pilot schoo '

snce Field, Moultrie, Ga. BelrI enlistment he attended Tean l

Tl .jh School.-lieutenant O'Hara was com

l ned at Stuttgart, Ark., last )•> iir. He now goes on to a trp

, n flying school for further <Ihn training in larger aircraft.

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SGT. CLARENCE HOFFMANN CORP. BLMER HOFFMANN

Sergeant Clarence J. HoffmannIinel his brother, Corporal Elmer L.iHoflmari in England recently. ItIwas their first meeting since theyI were inducted nearly 2 years ago.iTliey are the sons ot Mr. and Mrs.iffred Hoffmann of 1100 Anna Street,Iwest Bnglewood.I Sergeant Hoffmann received hisibasic and technical training at the

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Knox, Kentucky, and Fort BragB.INorth Carolina. He has been ovcr-Jseas since December 1942, havinglbeen ALationed in North Africa. Hcitook part m the invasion of Sicily.!

Corporal Hoffmann received Mt lbasic and technical training a l lCamp Oroft, South Carolina, and!Port Benning, Georgia. He haelbeen overseas since June 1B43, a n d |

Keller Now Staff ScrseaniCorporal Kenneth W. Kcllei - .

Tryon Avenue, Wtst EnglewoodJ; been promoted to slslf ser- |,nt at Camp Hale, Colo., where!is training with the Army K.eller|1 member of the ski troops.

Gervasl Wins Promotionilr. and Mrs. Frank P. Gervasig283 Main Street, HackensackJ

ve received word that their son,!ink P. Gervasi Jr., who Is in thervy and has been in New Guinea

i ice October, 1943, has been pro-| i ited from seaman second clasi>|

petty officer, storekeepers t.ss.Oervasi enlisted in the Navyt for boot training at Great 1July, 1943, and at the island

, New Guinea has participateI 1 • physical training program, r

ing prizefighters.

TEANECK CIVIL AIR PATROL

an Hirt, 39,irst Lieutenantlian Hirt, 2S, of 88 Maple Stre(eck, has been promoted toid lieutenant, to first Ueutena_

•with a headquarters company of 1I Army Signal Corps In Italy. He 1• been overseas since last March, fcI is a former Teaneck firenjan' anc11933 graduate of Bidgefield Pr• High School. .

His brother, Albert Hirt is phmacist's mate first class at

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jPerraua, Teaneck,gColgate Graduate• George O. Perraud Jr., son of Mr.jland Mrs. George O. Perraud, 272|

Francis Street, Teaneck, has justlbeen graduated from Colgate Uni - |

1/ersity's Naval Flight Preparatory!lSchool. He now is to receive flight![instruction at Polytechnic Institute,!

llacksburg, Va. Also graduated with I•erraud with Donhell M. Still of|

onia.

IPFC Sheets KilledIn Pacific Settor

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The parents of PFC Warren H.I•Sheets, Marine 21, of 452 Maplel•Avenues, Teaneck, Mr. and Mrs.!I Harold C. Sheets have been noli-1Ified by the War Department that. |I their son has been killed in action., In a letter dated February 9 he II wrote that he was in good health II and that he had met many Teaneck iI boys at different camps in the I1 Pacific. £| He enlisted in the Marines mIjune, 1942, and was called for scr-l• vice the following September. Hoi1 received trainning at Parris Island |IS. C, and was later sent to Sang1 Diego, Calif. Sheets was sent over-IIseas in November. He had not been II homo since his enlistment. It is!I known that he fought at Samoa!1 and Hawaii. , I1 He was a graduate of Teaneeklll-Iifrh School, 1940, and was active 1lin baseball in 1839 and 1940 sea-1isons. He was employed by the Ibankers Trust Company, New

ork City, before leaving ioi |[service.

EofflmanTr•At Parris Island _1 private James J. Dickman ol 3401L u c n Anne Road, Teaneck leftg•last week lor Parris Island, S. |i v t e e \ e will receive training: » J•member ol the Marines. He is tel•son ol Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Dlck-I•man of Trenton. I" Dickman Is a graduate of St.I•Anastasia Grammar School and was!lin his senior year at St. Ceciha High!Iwhen he entered the service. HeKill receive his diploma in June. Heilhad been active in sports while ln|•school.

Ikenney, SlrunckIWins Promotions

At recent graduation exercises'• held for Diesel students at thei• Naval Train Scliol located at the!I Naval Air Technical Training Cen-JItcr, Navy Pier, Chicago, 111., Joan!I F Kenney, 18, son of Mrs. Florence!•Kenney, 230 Kamena Street, Fair-!•view, was promoted to liremanj

'It the'same graduation Harold!lL Strunok, husband of Phyllis!Istrunck, 866 Wyoming Avenue,!I May wood, became eligible for thel• petty officer's rate of motor ma-1• cliinisfs mate, sthird class. He ex-IInsets to receivd this promotion atjI his next static,* in Maryland. 1I strunck entered the service in II November, 1943. He was employed I•bv Wrights' Aeronautical Associa-II Uon in Wood-Ridge before his in-1

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iMacFal CompletesI Chemical CourseI Second Lieutenant Arthur D.I• MacFail, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W.IiMacffail of 792 Salem Street, Tea-II neck, recently completed a course Il in Chemical Warfare Tactics givenlBat Edgewood Araental,in Maryland.!1 Lieutenant MaePail attended Co-1• nimbia University and before en-1Itering the Army was a teacher. HelI received his commission in 19421I after completing training at Offi-Ileers' Candidate School at EdgewoofljI Arsenal.

iTeaneck Man In England|Wins Promotion

I "My story seems like a dream,"!Iwrote Louis Fevraro lrom England.!F w h c n I last wrote to you I was a!Lorporal. Pulled out of Special Serv-Ilice to organize the •Headquartensl• command Band, S. O. S.,' I'm now al• warrant officer and I beUeve thellonly one appointed directly over-I

i e T h i s letter was written some time!I ago for since then Ferraro's parents II Mr and Mrs. Andnco Ferraro of 8411l i s t e r Avenue, Teaneck, have heai'dlI that he has been promoted tromj[junior warrant officer to chief TO-I• rant oiliccr. Ferraro tours the B n i - |Irish countryside with his «-piecelIband. playing at military core-1|monies, dances and concerts. Manyllo t the men in the band have played!•with the New York, Boston, SanI•Francisco, and National Symphony I

• Ferrarcfis a graduate of TeaneeklI High School, Bergen Junior College ISin Teaneck and the Juilliarcl School!I S Music in New York City. Before!I entering the Army in May, 1942, h e |I was a music teacher m the Metio-"Inolitan area.

Finishes Basic TUg&TlJOTjrse• Aviation Cadet John PrankIBurby, son of Mr. and Mrs. JamesI D . Burby, 350 De Motl Avenue, Tea-Lineck, has completed his basic flight!1 training at the A. A. P. Pilot School!Bat Gunter Held, Montgomery, Ala.ji cade t Burby received his pnmaryl•training at Carlstronv Field, Ha, , !l a n d was appointed a cadet in De-"icember of 1942.

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I Ben Daniels Now|A Staff. Sergeant

(Special to the Bergen Evening Becord)Austin, Tex., Mai'. 29—Sergeant

JBen Daniels of West EnglewoodjIN. J., has been promoted to sta,"sergeant at Camp Swift, and is now|

complete charge of the X-n•Department at the 110th Evacua-jjtion Hospital. He is a dental tech-ijnician with the Medical Corps and j•has been in service for two years.

iiOn 15-Day FurloughI Staff Sergeant Barbara Jo Marks,

dof 1351 Dickcrson Road, West En-iIglewood, is spending a 15-day fur-,•lough with her parents, Mr. and!iMrs. Leonard Marks ol West En-1iglewood. Sergeant Marks is s ta- jItloned at the Mui'oc Air Field which!• is in the middle of the Mojave Dcs-gier t in California. 1I She entered the Wacs Jan. la,B11943, and took her basic at Fort!loglethorpc, Ga. Beceiving her Iistripe as Private First Class afterj• completing a course in admmlstra-1ition at Denton, Texas, in March,jishc was then transferred to thel1 Quartermaster Division of Head-1I quarters as a property clerk in Ai-E• pine, Texas. While there she re-liceived her grade of TechnicianlIpourth Class and laLcv was made I•staff sergeant. She was transferred!i t o Selma Army Air Base where she I• became an Air-Wao and then went!Ion to Los Angeles to take up serv-lice with a fighter squadron. She}•was made company supply sergeant jBlast month. I1 She is a graduate of West Orange!• High School and attended Olivet jI College in Michigan and Berffenl• junior College. 11 While on the West Coast she•managed to arrange a visit with!ihe r brother, Lieutenant Leonards•Marks Jr., who has since been serv-'ling in the South Pacific area. H«l i s a graduate of Drew TJnlversitj I•and was attending Harvard School!•of Business Administration when Iihc enlisted in October, 1942. He at-1itended officers candidate school a'

Camp Davis, N. C.• Sergeant Drew was in her glorsIwEen she at first outranked hel!• brother, but her pnde dcflatec II after 10 clays when he attained hi f• commission. She was a guest oiItlie Breakfast at Sardi's progran iion Christmas day, a program whicl I• was heard by many Teaneck resi f• dents.

Doran Promote..» Mr. and Mrs. William D. Doran Iiof 1H1 Magnolia Koad, West En-1iglewood, recently received wordlI that their son, William Robert, was!•promoted from private to corporal II Corporal Doran entered the Arm* Il in September, 1943, and received hisl

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jr, Teaneck GetsPromotion In England

• Charles W. Kiefer Jr., son of Mr. Iand Mrs. Charles Kiefer, of 305 Lo-

Jcust Street, Teaneck, has been pro-1Imoted to the rank of staff sergeantl•somewhere in England, where he is l•stationed with an infantry regiment!l o t the U, S. Army. , I

He entered the service in Febru-|Bary 1941 and had been in various!•camps in the United States before I•being sent overseas in February J11941 Sergeant Kief er was graduated 1ifrom Teaneok High School in 1937. J

Deubel Is Graduated. Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss., Mar.I|27_private William K. Deubel, son!• of Mrs. Ruth Deubel, 161 Division!• Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.,l• has been graduated from the B-l

Bennett To O, C, S. __ After spending a year in Puerto!laico, Harry B. Bennett, nephew of!§Mr. and Mrs. A. Kohnheiser, 533!•Maple Avenue, Teaneck, has re-p• turned to the United States to at-Btend Army Air Force Officer Oan-i• didate School at Miami Beach,!•Ha . Private Bennett attended Ber- |Jgen Junior College and was em-1•ployed as assistant supervisor of I•the Paramount Theater in New!•York City before his induction into Ij the Army in Novembei-, 1942.

Prepares For CombatH Lieutenant Irwin L, Dobrow.I•bombardier of West Englewood,!IN. J., will soon complete an in-1Jtensive course in combat flying at I• the Alexandria Army Ait Field,!•Alexandria, La., and in the near I•future he will go overseas to a com-1•bat area. , , |1 He is the member o£ a Plying!•portress crew trained by the Sec-j

>nd Air Force, which has the task!jf readying 4-engine bomber crewsj

Ifor overseas duty.i The son cf Mr. and Mrs. Har-:l-y Dobrow, 17 West Englewood Ave-|inue, West Englewood, he is a gram-1la te of Teaneok High School, wheref•he was a member oi the Student

iouncil and the Rifle Club,

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Iwood, who has just been pro-1Imotca to be a first lieutenant IJin the Air Forces. He is a II Mustang fighter pilot and has JI been in England since last De- |

cember.

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_ First Lieut, Raymond W. Wild,!•Fl/mg Fortress pilot awl s»" oiliCaptam and Mrs. Charles. A, Wild,!BSr, 36,'S Woodbine Street, Tonne*.I• has been awarded the Purple Heartl• at an. til A.A.F. bomber base mllEn^lanrl £or wounds received dur-|ling a recent attack on enemy air-l• craft industries in southwest G«r-|§ man.

B Piloting the Fortress "M.i/.li,ih"|1 (God be with thee and \av), on the I• approach to the target Lieutenant I1 Wild WM struck by machine gun I• bullet* tired from an attacking Ileiwmy tighter "plane. The buJ!eU.|•smashed the windshield, shut the!•oxygen system out of cominis«.ioii,lland wounded Lieut. Arthur ttotiillot Duibucme, Iowa, co-pilot, in. ail p|dition to wounding Wild.

_ Lieutenant Wild, whose wifuj•Mrs. Suth Wild, livw at 1W) De-IHGraw avenue, Teaneclc, wan super-Ilintendeut of parks in Teaneclc lx?-lStove entering the Army Air I•Forces. He attended Teanedt High!•school where he captained the base-1•ball, basketball and football teams!| in Ms senior year. In addition to his 11 Purple Heart he also holds tho Aiil1 Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluslo-Ifor meritorious achievement in• participating in ten bombardment!I missions over Germany and onemy-j

•imied Europe.

CORP. WALTER NEI•Nelson PromoWI To Corporal's KanlcI Walter Nekon, son of• Mrs. Emil Nelson of 184• Street, West Englcwood, 1Braised to the rank of covp iI cording to word received[parents.

Nelson entered the ArmyItiary, 1943, when he tot[trainins for the air force aSHe took further training tiLogan, Denver, Colorado, brling transferred to the Badision at Fresno, Calif. He•specializing in radar at ,' i•ego, Calif, He is a graduate '•neck High School.

•Tiison, In England,| ls First Lieutenant

Thomas J. Tiison, 20, of B9R Og-IBden Avenue. West Englewood. has |Ibeen promoted to fir^t lieutenant a t ii an air base somewhere in England,!• where he is on duly as a MuM,ang||fif?hter pilot.

Lieutenant Tilson has been over-s e a s since December 1943, and hasl• written home of many flight mis-iisions over Germany and occupied!•France. His mother, Mrs. Louis Me-Itell of tile West Englewood address,!•has received word her son has par~|Iticipated in three flights over Ber- ||lin as a flight leader.

After entering the Army Air Force!Jon Aug. 14, 1942, Tiison received!• his commission at Santa Ana, Calif.!• He is a graduate of Teaneck High!I School and was formerly employed!

at Caron and Carbide Company,!I New York City.

|Eichler PromotedTo Be A Captain

_ Walter H. Eichler, son of 'HMrs. Walter Eichler of S7£•Lane, Teaneck, has been I i•from first lieutenant to tlie•Captain at Camp Pickett, Vi h e is stationed as supply c i• the 132nd Engineers Coml Iitalion.1 Captain Eichler entered i1 "Jlce in March, 1942, and rec 1•commission at Port Belvoh

October, 1942. Before entni -.armed forces, he was emp•the Lite Savers Corporation•Chester, New York. He islua te of the Woodrow Wilt n '•School, in weehawken and mili i n engineering at the Ni•university. His wife is th•Muriel Crosbie, of 4 Linco

iBerkowltz GetslAr.other Promotion

Robert H. Berkowitz, husband ofi| the former Reine Meglbow, 13751gHudsou Road, West Englewood, who!I is on active overseas duty, recently!

svas promoted from ensign to lleu-jjtenant (]. g).

Lieutenant Berkowitz is a gradu-late of the University of Pennsyl-1Ivania. He enlisted In the Navy inl• October, 1942, and received his com-1(mission at Notre Dame Univeisity|

Jaiiuary, 1943.

Major Soott In N. C.Major Robert H. Scott of 6*

iBeverly Road, Teaneck, N. J.,I now eng'aged in his new dutiesI the Antiaircraft Artillery School!|Oamp Davis, Nprth Carolina.

"^ Teaneck's Cocktail Kid

;»| WRITES TO 'MOM.

I Lieut. Joseph B. Boyle, nowJin a Naai prison camp, islone of Teaneck's and theI nation's (op heroes. Pilotj of the famed Flyinjr Fort-• rcss "Dry Martini", JoeI has been wounded twkp,1 miraculously escapedI death many times.'HeI wears the Distinguished• Flying: Cross ana theI Military Order of the1 Purple Heart, withI Oak Lent Cluster. The1 letter is a photostatie• copy, in part, of oneI sent to his mother1 whom he told beforeI leaving on his lastI flight over Ger-I many, "If X'm everI listed as missing,I Mom, don't ercrI five up."

i n tidner CompletesSI]-Week Course

Special to the Bergen Evening Hecoid)Chapel Hill, N. C, Mar. 30-ral Aviation Cadet Richard Av-Iir Weidner, son of Mr. and Mrs!;hur Weidner, 1328 Princeton!

i h id, West Englewood, has suc-sfully completed the intensive!week course at the Naval Pre-1ght School here, and has beerf>moted to primary filght train-l; at the Naval Air Station atjenview, 111.3adot Weidner attended LafajHle College, where he was a mem_|r of the Sigma Nil Fraternity. _

cuett, Teaneck.ins CommissionAviation Cadet Samuel Cliftoni

Si uett Jr., 21, son o£ Mr. and Mrs.!•uett of 852 Garrison Avenue, Tea - |ick, -will receive his silver pilot'srmgs and bars as a second lieuten-|it soon at Pampa Army Air Pieldfe twin-engine advanced flyingfhool at, Pampa, Texas,At alumnus of Teaneck Hie:;hool and Lehigri University, Cadeil

rruett was appointed to pilot train-T| l ,_. in September, 1913, received prl-|

ary flight training at ChickoshRjkla., and took basic, flight trainingfI, Independence, Kan., Army Air

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11 amapa he will be assigned to duty!r~an instructor or as a combatl

l l lot,His mother has Just returns

| l sine from Independence, Kan.,1here she visited him for several!^ys.

i David ™ Webster1 Signs For Air ForceI David A. Webster, son of Mr. and I•Mrs. David Webster, 1218 Sussex IBRoad, West Englewood, has Just met I| a n Aviation Cadet Board and was I

ccepted as a member of the Air!.'orce Enlisted IReserve. I

_ He is a student of Teaneck High IISchool and has been a. chaplain of Iathe school Hi-Y and treasurer of I• the Bergen County Hi-Y for morelI than a year. After reaching his IIl8th birthday he will be called fc>[•active duty.

\Lost In Li&come Bay SinkinglJ Finnell, Who Came Throiigh Pearl Harbor, Fought \

At Midway, Reported Missing In Action

He was a sailor who ducked bombs at Pearl Harbor, and!Iswore an everlasting vengeance. He fought at Midway and!|then returned to the States, a flying cadet in the Naval AirlForce. After impatient months he went back—to get re-J

jvenge.He had his chance, but not for long. Soon word camel

home: "Escort carrier Liscome Bay sunk. Aviation Machin-Ilist's Mate Second Class Henry J. Finnell, Teaneck, missingjgin action."

LITTLE HOPESo ended the Naval career of the!

122-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.lHenry J. Finnell of 315 Sherman!

jAvenup, Teaneck. His folks havcflittle nope that he is alive.

j Tones Of TeaneckI Arrives In England1 According to word received by'I Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Jones of 201BArgonno Court, Teaneck, from their!json, Thomas, he has arrived safely!• somewhere in England and qele-jIbrated his nineteenth birthday onlI the way over. §I Private Jones, who attended Tea;!I neck High School, enlisted in the!•Air Force in'March, 1943. He r e - |iceived hasic training at various!•posts throughout the country, Mis-Iisouri, Wisconsin, California, Texas,!land Colorado. In the letter to hisjjparente, he wrote that he expected!1 to complete training as a gunner in!

Granted Leave(SBculal to the Bersen Evemnii

. Sampson, N. Y., Mar. 30—Seamanl• second Class William J. WrocklageJ• of 2B8 Pleasant Place, Teaneck has !• been granted a leave of absence II from this station commencing today Jl a s he completes training here.

TEANECK GROUP?9 Small Contingents Leave For A m

Navy Service. Small contingents were sentI Army and Navy induction centersI yesterday by the Teaneck DrafUI Board. Men leaving were:

BANECK-StaiilpyVKcUei, Dwirtt Bs-I

Hohmeister Gets More Training(Special to tlio Bersen Evening Record)

, Greak Lakes, 111, Apr. B-FrankiI Charles Hohmeister, 18, 1168 Alicia!I Avenue, West Englcwood, recently!I has been graduated as a torpedo-II man Irom the Great Lakes Naval |1 School, and will be transferred togJan advanced school, or a shore bat - |itery for further training.

A. E. M. 3/0 JACK COURT P. P. C. C. 1 LI (. r 1

I P. T. 0. FRANCIS A. SKRABLE SGT. W0ODE0W SKRABLE

j Skrable Brothers|Mcet In Africa

Sergeant Woodrow B. Skrable and!iprlvate First Class Francis A. Skr.a-1Ible of Teaneck, brothers, bumped!I into each other recently in a town!Jin North Africa. They hadn't seen!lone another for 2 years and each!I had lost track of the other's where-!Jabouts. At the unexpected meeting!I they discovered they were stationed!I in camps a mile apart. II Francis had just returned from!I Sicily Lo North Africa. He had beeniI overseas since last May with thelI Chemical Warfare Branch of the !1 Army. Woodrow went to Africa with!I the Army Medical Corps last AprillI and has been there ever since. I

Woodrow entered the Army in jI May, 1941, and Francis enteredI year later. Woodrow, a graduate <I Teaneck High School, worked foilI the Meadowbrook Nursery in En-IIglftwood before entering the service!IFrancis was with the Teaneck F i r rI Department.I They are the sons'of Mrs. GraciI Skrable of 195 Bast Oakdene Ave-||nue, Teaneck.

lOOEP. WILHAM GUTHRIE

ICourt, Of Teaneck,INow In EnglandI Aviation Radioman Third Olrijack Court, son of Mrs. ChariotICourt, 264 Edgemont Terrace, Teiineck, has been stationed in EnglaIwith the Navy since January, it isllearned today.1 Court enlisted in August, 19 i 'l and received radar and gunnc ,I training at Norfolk, Virginia. B<- j1 fore arriving in England he s&eI several months in Newfoundlai| H e attended Teaneck High Schr 1|•where he played baseball, baskn•ball, and football. After leav!•school Court played baseball wit•the Teaneck Red Devils and Poi1

io'Shea's club in Hackensack. '•also played ball at William a igHMary College.I His brother, Private First Cl| c Robert Court, is stationedicamp liejeime, La., with the MI rines. He enlisted directly frI Teaneck High School when he \117.

Corporal GuthrleAt Fampa Air Field

Corporal William Gutlirie Jr., son Io{ Mr. and Mrs. William Guthrle ISr., 201 Selvage Avenue, WestlEnglewood, is now stationed at t h e |Pampa Army Air Held, Pampa,!Texas, where he is an instrument!specialist. I

Corporal Guthrie enlisted in Oc-Itober, 1942, and received traininglat Bandolph Field. He was gradu-lated from Teaneck High School and Iattended Bergen Junior College ln l1S40. At both schools he pai-tici-Jpated in baseball and basketball.!He was sports editor of the college!paper. •• I

The soldier's father recently was!made clerk of the Bergen County!Criminal Court. He was the first!Commander of American LeglonlPost 128 and the Veterans of. For-1eign Wars, Captain Steven T,rSchoonmaker Post 1129, both oi lTeaneck. He has been a County!Past Commander and a State Vice!Commander and has been actively!

iTEAIMECk AIRMAJNS INKS JAP TANKERj

iLt, Belan^cr Tolls How Its BimCame O« Anil Lifted

Aboard a U. S. Carrier off Pajaul•islands, Mar. 30 (Delayed) (/P) —IiLieutenant Junior Grade Harold!•Belanger of Teaneck, N. J., a bomb-Iler pilot, saw a big Japanese tankerl[today and went down and planted| his bomb.

"The bow came .right off and wentI up in the air," he reported. "It|I looked as if it were clear outj the water. The whole thing caughtlI fire and sank in a cloud dl thickjI black smoke."

Ensign Charles Farmer of Ma-1Splewood, N. J.,. piloted one of four!I fighter pianos of the Grim. Reapers!1 which drew first blood in the Palau!I operation. They, with other planes,!J guarded the surface ships as they![approached Palau. I

The four American planes closed!l in on a lone 2-engine Japanese!I bomber 30 miles astern the Amer-JI lean fleet. The bomber crashed into II the sea and when the Americans II passed over the wreckage a second!ltime the lone occupant, without h i s !Ipants and clad only in a life Jacket,gI was clinging to a floating tire.

\Hr8t Bergen County WaveJoins Legion In Teaneck]

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unty Officials Attend Ceremony — Command tiLauds National Rehabilitation Program

Mrs. Mary V. Duby of Teaneck, pharmacist matess, became the lirst Wave in Bergen County to be init,o an American Legion Post when she was Inducted;ht at Teaneck Post 128.

Mrs Duby, who was honorably discharged last Novem)k her boot training at Hunter College and served obans Hospital in Long Island and at Newport Newssband had served in the Army in 1940 and had been 'arged before the United States entered the war,

MEN JOIN TOOInitiated with Mrs. Duby werenald P. McMumy, Charles E.rers, Donnlcl H. Germain, Cecil A.ualt, Howard M. Warner, RoccoDatre, William J. Walker, Theo-

L'o M. J. Paavilainen and CliffordCurtis.

bounty Commander John IT. Gar-ger or Ridgewood, speaking of thegion'x Omnibus Bill, .said thate Legion was proud of its re-bilitation program. He said theirin was to lake care of returningrvlce men Irom the day they re-m Home until they are estab-hed in their communities on theme status as when they went;ay. He told the new membersat thev were now entitled to weare Legion button which Is a syro-,1 ol honor.Commander Gilbert B. Pearsontroduced Ernest Eyer ol Pairiwn, County vice-commander, whoid that the Legion will tight fore service men and see that, thereno road from the battle line toe bread line.Charles Davics of Rutherford, or-inizaticii officer, spoke briefly, asd Vice-Commander William Slo-

vice-Commander Lester1 Bu: iBogota said that the Legior I iaid in finding employment 1 i15 million men who will rctur 1 Jthe wars. "Unless a place is i >for them in the social wortsaid, "we may have an upwhich will bode no good f' <one."

PasL County Commander II i"Ritchings of Bogota told U ' tLegionnaires that they will • ••much out of the organizat lthey put in.

OFFICIALS INTRODUCIHIntroduced were Past •

commander Walter HeebiTeaneck, Past County Pi ' 11Mrs. Francis Walton, Past < I LSecretary Mrs. Ritchlngs, C 1 |man Henry Deisslei' of Teantc d IMrs. Byron Christie, Count i ••-1president, of Gai'field.

Mrs. Charles A. Roth, piol the Ladies Auxiliary, pra donation trom the auxiliwards the building fund.

Accepted by the Post, but not aslyet Initiated were Oscar J, Miller,Edward T. Mnneran, Collins G.Elt-

Pierre M. Loddengaard, Clif-1inske ot Oliffside Park. County I fnrr1 c. Pindev, John M. Burns, Pat-1

"""" jrick E. Scott, Howard A. BaeKren, Ij Thomas A. Maurer, John P. Lea. Ij Dr. J. Dewey Schwarz led the in-11 stalling team, which consisted oilI Michael D. Robblns, Clyde Halstead.lI Edward McDonald, Charles Peter,!I George Ganzenmuller. Assisting I1 also with the rituals were Robert jIBex, bugler, and Mrs. Schwarz, ac-I1 companist. I1 Pearson announced that the paid- I1 up membership of the post was 2911I members. William E. Guthrie an-1[nounced thai the annual pilgrim-!I age to Bergen Pines will take place Ii on June 18 and the County dinner I• will take place at Teaneck Post)ion May

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fluto Teaneck American Legion Post 128 last night, the. first Wave t o !I become affiliated with the Lesion in th6 County. At lclt ii Post Com-II a e r Gilbert H. Fcavson, and at right is Senior Vlcc-Commandcr|I Michael D. Bobbins.

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Y. 3/C RALPH PASSNACHT SGT. JOHN ,FASSNACHT

[Brothers MeetgSomewhere In England

After a year and a half John andBBalph Fassnacht of Teaneck finallyIgot together in England. SergeantjJohn, Fassnacht has been in Eni:-jland a month, and a half and•through Bed Cross channels man-j.'qed to locate his brother, who hasjbien stationed there nearly two

nars. Yeoman Third Class RalphiT'jssnacht has been in the Navy\ ince August, 1911.

Sergeant Fasnacht entered theS'irmy on March 23, 1943, ajidr

• ajned with he Army Signal Oorpsj

at Ca,mp Crowder, Mo., and Pbr\,Ord, Calif. He is married to thfaformer 'Muriel Krais of 849 EsteiiAvenue, Teaneck, Prior to his in-Iduotion he was employed with the!National Credit Office in New YorkjCity. j

YeomansEalph Fassnacht's homelis at 99 Fulton Avenue, Jersey Clty.IHe was formerly with the National!3ity Bank in, New York. He is israduate of Lincoln High School.'

pescrihed By Teaneck Pttotl•Indian Troops Carried Echwald, Injured When Zeros

Attacked His Transport, To Safety

Lieutenant Walter Echwald, Teaneck High School grad-1iuate, told today how he put a transport plane into a dive to I•escape a Jap Zero, crashed in the North Burma Jungles, and!•seriously wounded was carried 4 days to salety by Ghurkagftroops of the Indian Army. »

NO ESCORTSBack in Teaneck on sick leave

from the Coral Gables Hospital,Pla., Echwald in an interview withHigh School Principal Charles L.Steele related experiences while fly-ing with the Army Transport Com-mand, attached to the 14lh AirForce in China, and the 10th AirForce in India.

For more than a yoar he hasbeen supplying the Allies and thefamed Flying Tigers with equip-ment. "It was seldom that wo hadan escort while flying cargo overthe Himalayas, a tough mountainrange between India and China,"explained Echwald. "Once we weremalting a run Irom India to North-ern Burma when we were attackedby 11 Zeros. Although we had asmall (light of fighters with us, twoof the Japs managed to get through. |One of them gpl on the tail ofmy right wing man, who immedi-ately dropped his wings and flapsto slow him up. The Zero stilltraveling at a terrific speed fromhis dive, whizzed past and crashedinto the peak of a mountain beforehe could pull up. I guess that's theonly transport ever to receive credit!for downing an enemy plane."

He went on by saying the re-maining enemy fighter maneuveredfor a head-on attack. "We wouldn'thave a chance if he got through aswe carry no guns, so I put her ina dive and pulled out at tree-loplevel. After the air speed dropped,we crash-landed in the jungles.When I tried to climb out o£ thewreckage I realized for the firsttime that I had been hit. Bloodwas pouring irom my leg and anexamination revealed a ,50-caliberslug embedded in the flesh. We|were carried 4 days by Ghurkatroops of the fndlan Army who wit-|nessed the engagement while pa-troling that section of the Jungles.'

Since his rescue from Burma!Echwald has suffered three attack^of malaria and is now under treat-ment at the Coral Gables Hospital,

He entered the Army in 1940 alterbeing graduated from Teaneck High!School, where he participated inmusic and the school's aviation pro-gram. It feels wonderful to be home,he said, adding "When I look backat some of the experiences we had,it seems like a bad dream, but I'mstill eager to get back to activeduty as soon as they give me thegreen light."

TWO TEANECK BROTHERS IN SERVICE

LT. WALTER ECHWALD

ITeaneck BrothersI Meet In England

Two Teaneck Brothers, Private!I First Class Prank and Corporal!I James Limone, met recently in Eng-IBland after a separation of two years.!I They were able to contact each oth-lI er and make arrangements to meelgI through the Red Cross.

A third brother, Private First!I Class Carmen Limone, is withJtank destroyer unit in Italy. HeJI managed to get together with Frank JI a year ago in Africa.

Frank has been overseas two|| years. He is 27.1 James, 24, is on duty with a II ground crew in the Army Air Force. II He has been in England lor two!I months. Carmen, 26, entered the!I Army three years ago and has been!I overseas since last August. i

The three boys are the sons of II Mr. and Mrs. James Limone of 8921(palisade Avenue, Teaneck. They a l l |[.attended Teaneek High School.

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SEAMAN I/O TOWLE

Mrs. Anna Towle of 281 DegrawiAvenue, Teaneck, has two sons Inithe armed forces.

Seaman First Class RaymondiTowle, 18, is serving as a, radioman• somewhere in the Pacific. He wasI graduated from Radio School at1 Charleston, S. C, and later trained• at Noroton Heights, Conn.

P. F. C. TOWLE

Private First Class Robert Towle Iis on duty with the field artillery!as cannoneer on a Lank somewhere |in England. He is 20.

His twin brother, Ralph Towlejworks at Bendix Aviation Corpora-!tion. Ralph recently was rejected!from the Army because ol a pierced |eardrum.

\3FUersHereGivenD.F.C.For Success On Bomb Raidsl

)ppenheimer Of Teaneck, Johnson, Bogota, AndjPohlod, Garfield Honored In England

First Lieutenant Kenneth H. Oppenheimer, Staff Ser-IJgeant Andrew Pohlod and Second Lieutenant Edwin R. John-"json were among ten New Jersey members of the UnitedI States Army Eighth Air Force awarded the Distinguished!j g Cross, the War Department announced today.

25 MISSIONS HIM RECORDLieutenant Oppenheimer of 987

I Richards Court, Teaneck, husbandI of the former Miss Beryl BarnesI of Flushing, L. I,, was awarded thej Cross after having completed 25I bombing missions over Europe, Op-| penheimer holds 2 ratings, havingI qualified both as bombardier andI navigator.

It was as a navigator that he par-jticipated in raids in the B-17 Fly-I ing Fortress Loma Lee. After aI particularly successful raid overI Germany, the crew were publicly[commended by Winston Churchill,I Generals Arnold and Ira C, Eaker.I During all operations both crew andI bomber escaped without a scratch.

Born in New York City, he is aI graduate ol Stuyvesant High Schoolland City College ol NEW York. AtIthe time of his enlistment in Janu-Jary of 1942, he was connected withIthe Empire Trust Company of NewI York,

Lieutenant Oppenheimer recently!left for reclassification at Atlantic!CiLy after a 4-week leave at home, j

Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson of!309 Larch Avenue, Bogota, said t ha t !they had received no formal notifi-1cation of honors for their son. bu t !that a. letter reached them Monday!from an Army paper seeking da ta !about the young man.

Four months ago the Johnsons!got word from the War Department]"that Lieutenant Johnson was safe!alter having been reported missing!while flying over Germany. He had jpreviously been aboard the Sleep:Time Gal bomber.

Johnson, 21, will be hi the serviatwo years next June. He is a, gradu- |ate of Bogota schools,

Staff Sergeant Andrew PDhlod,!one of the three Bergen County!Eighth Air Force men to be awarded!the Distinguished Plying; Cross i s !a resident of 57 Spring Street, Gar-1Held.

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Te»npok Squadron 281-4 of the. Civil Air Patrol held a Parents Night and IJilHaiy Rcilow Wednesdaynight in the auditorium of School 3. Here Mayor Milton Votee or Tmneck (Ml) and Fiteholdn TiankA, Leers, also a Teaneclj resident, are shown with Lieutenant T. V- Catchings of the isdnadron

iDuckie Did Just That To Japs On Tanker;Mother Reads All About It In The Papers]

)ive-Bomber Belanger (Salmon) Reports Tn LettersOnly 'Little Cruises' Around Pacific, Which

Seems To Be Masterful Understatement

Bombing a Japanese tanker was lust another experiencelin the lite—already packed with thrills—of Lieutenant (j. g.)•Harold Belanger Salmon of Teaneck. Lieutenant Belanger,Iknown as Duckie Salmon to his friends at Teaneck, High'

liool, is the son of Mrs, Margaret Belanger Salmon ol 520lOritani Place. » ~ '

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Fl-EW WITH SXOKMSThe pilot of a dive-bomber, he

•recently was reported as blowingiup a tanker off the Palau Islands.• He lias been stationed in that areaJ since January of this year. Al-I though the press dispatch reportedI him as saying "The bow came rightI off and went up in the air", lettersI to his mother, Lieutenant BelangerI speaks only of "little cruises" which| he and his gunner take together.

Lieutenant Belanger got his firstI taste of what was to be one ofI the biggest jobs of his life, when asl a member of Boy Scout Troop 92l in Teaneck in 1936 he took his first[flight with Arthur Storms, aviator.I He and three other scouts wereI awarded the trip for whining a con-Itest for progress in scout work.1 An honor student for 4 years atI Teaneck Hish School, he was the[youngest boy in the 1937 class. He

was 15*V!i. He was winner of thepoint contest in Troop 92 in the

! previous year. A. cheer leader dur-ing 1936 and 1937, he also playedthe slide trombone In the school or-

graduated; a member of the honorsociety, Tau Bel a Pi. He won m-tramurals titles in boxing at ihecollege in 1938 and 1939 and wasa member of the military reserve1938 to 1940, attaining the rank ofsergeant.

While a student at the collegehe also was associate editor ofthe "City College Vector", publishedby the School of Technology. Hewas a member of the Society ofAmerican Engineers.

An ardent ski enthusiast, he wasa member of the New Jersey SkiClub of Hackensack and spent allhis spare time

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friends on the ski runs.VIEWS ON MARRIAGE

Prior to enlistment lie was em-ployed by a manufacturing companyat Bristol, Conn. He entered theNavy as an aviation cadet in May,19*2 and took his boot training- atAtlanta, Oa., where lie made hisfirst solo flight In July of thatyear. He became an ensign while

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LT. HAROLD B. SALMON

ins &nfl then to the Navy Base at ISeattle, Wash. He left from there!October 23 to go to Hawaii and was 1there for 2 months before going into Icombat. I

The flyer, who is 6 fpet 1 inch tall, Ihas dark brown liair and eyes, saysjof marriage:

1° After araduatton he live* with "tattooed ^ Jacksonville, ,Wa., Feb.!' ,.jfS a B r ( ; a t imjuiullon, but I like IIhis stepfather in New York, while "> 19;*3- , . • (hriHs too much to risk some one!lattendius City College of JJew York. After Jacksonville he was sent to else's life with mine."

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I was graduated and commissioned m |I September of 1942. He is the son |Jof Joseph A. Jacobl, 72, SheppardjI Avenue, Tcaneok.

JAlffarotti ReturnsI From Overseas Duty

First Lieutenant Robert A. Alga-ItrolU, Signal Corps Obverser from!j Teaneck, is visiting his homo altr-rl(several months in Ihe North Afrl-|1 can theater of operations.

Algarotti and his unit received a |I letter from President Roosevelt,!I complimenting them on their ef-|jficiency at the message centersI which handled the President's ines-gj sage at Cairo and t

Lieutenant Algarotti has been i n |I the service for 5 years, and. has seen[duty in Cas.ablanca, Tunis, Sicily,!land Cassino. He is a graduate ofli Fort Monmouth, where he will r e - |I turn April 29 to instruct in Signal jI Corps tactics.

He is the son of Mrs. Frank Al-SIgarotti of 131 Johnson Avenue, jl• neck. His brother, Private Henry S.jI Algarotti, is serving with a t ank |[I destroyer unit in England.

•Soup Stevenson Wins•First Class Eating1 Campbell (Soup) Stevenson, for-Lliner Teaneck High School athlete!• recently was promoted to private!1 first class at a Ninth Air Force BaselBin England. fI Stevenson was born in EnglewoodJI but attended Teaneck High School,• where he starred in football andL• baseball. He was chosen for AU-I• County in each sport. II He is the husband oJ Mrs. Bettieji j e an Stevenson, of 1010 Teaneck]•Boad, Teaneck.

"eaneck Flier (\After 25Eunr.it

|This Navigator's B-24 Balm 1 >/i M_I30 Minutes Bef< i ' \i '

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After completing 25 comgrope, First Lieutenant ThocI'navigator on a Liberator bomI languished Flying Cross lorfierial night.

ON LONGEST FLIGHTSNoelhiger navigated Ilie famou

'Flying Wolves", B-24 bombeij through, some of the most speetacul i a r and longest missions in aerio1 history. During one of these flight;I three ol the lour superchargers o'3 his plane were rendered inopcrativ<1 They were forced to drop Irom forI matlon, and turn back before reach| ing the target. A few minutes lateI the plane was attacked by 25 GerJ man fighters. For 30 minutes UiSlone Liberator fought a dc&perat1 battle until a squadron of F-38a came to the rescue. Although tb• heavy bomber suffered a territI beating', and was riddled with enetn• shells and bullets they were abI to reach their home field.| During the course of his 25 mifisions, Lieutenant Noethiger's plai•has also delivered powerful blovBon Wiener Neustadt, deep in Autatria, while serving with General E(iward J, Ttmberlake's famed "TedI Traveling Circus", operating froI North Africa.1 In addition to his recent a w• of the Distinguished Flying CrotI the young navigator also w3 awarded the Air Medal and Olui ters last tall. He is the sonBMr. and Mrs. Frederick O. NoIthiger, 302 Hickory Street, Teaneck.• Alter graduating from TeaneckI High School, he attended Manhat-j l an Prep for three years, and paljticipated In track contests at bothIschaols. In January, 1942, he en-i listed in the air force. Alter in-ilerrupting an engineering courseI at New York University he com-Imenced flight training at KellyiField. He received his wings andIcommission at Hondo Field, Texas,Jin April, 1943, and was transferred1 to a base in England.

JLieutenant HurrleI Home On LeaveI Second Lieutenant Robert V.liHurrle is spending a 15-day leave!gat the home of his parents, Mr. andl•Mrs. Gustave A. Hurrle of 80 John-J•son Avenue, Teaneck, while awalt-ll ing the arrival of his crew at I•Tampa, Ha. ,I Lieutenant Hurrle recently was!•graduated as a pilot from HendrieksjiField, Sebring, Ma. He entered the!• Air Force as an aviation cadet inj• March of 1843 and received prim-|la ry training at Maxwell Field, Ala.l1 Hurrle, 21, was elected to the Na-IItional Honor Society while attend-Il ing Teaneck High School. Before!• he entered th Army he was con-jlnected with the Chemical Bank andl

v,.ef. pnmnanv in New York City

LT. THOMAS F. NOETHIGBR

GET WINGSTwo graduates of Teaneck Highl

I School recently received their pi-II lot's wings after completing f light jJ training at Marianna Army AilJ Field, Marianna, Fla. James E.IIwachter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred-jlerick W. Wachter of 635 MartenI Avenue, Teaneck, was commissioned J• as a Second Lieutenant and ThorrJR. Hixson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs,• Thomas R. Hixson of 260 Kinder-!jkamack Road, North Hackensack.I•received his commission as a Flight jl

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•Jensen, Teaneck,1A First Lieutenant

An eighth A. A. F. liberator staItion, England—Second Lieutenan jI Albert Jensen, of 141 South Etreci IIBogota, has been promoted to firs JIlieutenant. He is the son of Ml ]land Mrs. James C. Jensen.

Lieutenant Jensen has receivedI second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Ai II Medal, for exceptionally mentor) iIons achievement, while participat IJinE in five separate bomber -com II bat missions over enemy-ocoupie'I Continental Europe. "The couragi "I coolness, and skill displayed bI Lieutenant Jensen upon these occa |I sions, reflects great credit upo:1 himself and the Armed Forces c jI the United States" according to thI citizen.

Assigned to a veteran outfit injJ the European theater of operations,!I Lieutenant Jensen participated in !J bombing missions over Ludwigsha-Ijfon, Kiel, Bremen, Berlin, and other!I Important industrial targets inl

Lieutenant Wachter and FlightsBofficer Hixson entered the Army I

Air Forces last year as aviationlIcadets. They received their primary I]and basic flying training at various|raining fields in the Southeast.

LT. EDWARD W, SMITH| L t . Smith , Teaneck,

i Awarded His WingsLieutenant Edward Smith, son

|Mr. and Mrs. William Y. Smith, 6•Chestnut Avenue, Teaneck, H• awarded his wings at Ohandl•Field, Ariz,, after completing Pi.• Training with the Army Air Fon[Training Command.

Ed was originally commission•in the Infantry, and chose to 1Iceive his flight training the ha•way. As a student officer, he w^subject to the same course as ajflying cadet, with the same restrf

tions and discipline.Lieutenant Smith is now prepar

•to enter his final stage o£ comb•training at a transitions scho•There he will be instructed in aivanced aerial tactics, and will ijdulge in many hours of night ai

formation flying, in orderJleam the importance of perfejtimlng.

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Joins Women Marineslharlolte Grace Gordon, daugh-

of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Gor-Ii of 45 Jasper Avenue, Teaneck,!s sworn in as a member ol the Iited Slates Marine Corps on Iril 17. She will report lor basiclinlng al Camp Lejeunc, Newtirer, V. C, within the next lewlcits. Miss 3ordon is a graduate ITeaneck High School and was!

iployed tay the Mutual Life In-Iranee Company before her induc-im into the Marines.

PINCE BOYS JOIN FATHER IN MARINES

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hgota Athlete Shot DownIn Fight Over Dodecanesi

| \ \ i Department Says His Plane Was Strafing Nazijf nvoy When Hit—One Motor Burst Into Flames

Second Lieutenant Dudley Thome of West Eiiglewoodlladier navigator of a B-25, has been reported by the!Department as missing February 1 over the Dodecanese!ds off the Coast of Turkey. According to word from!' men in his squadron, Thome's plane was strafing ag

j - ^ j i a n convoy as they entered Port Alargo Bay on the IslandLeros. One motor burst into flames and his ship dropped|

down.THORNE, Second Lieutenant D.;

125, husband of Mrs. Marilynn M.lhome o£ 388 North Forest Ave-

IUC, West Englewood. (Mediter-ranean Al'peat 7 . •

Mrs. Thorne, the former Man4lynn Maxwell of Teaneck, BtiH holds]Ihope that her husband is safe. "He!|has too much to live for," she saidj

e couple have a seven-weeks-ol(aughter, Barbara Lynn.Thorne enlisted in the Army ini

ril, 1941, and trained with thej[Tank Destroyers at Camp Mlon, La. He was later transferred to !the Army Air Force. He received nisicommission and wings at Hoswell.gN. H, where he was married to Miss!Maxwell in February, 1943. Thorne Ireceived advanced navigation and!combat instruction, at Greenville,!S. O. lie has been overseas since|September, 1942.

A graduate of Bogota High School Iand Horace Mann, N. Y., Thorne Ialso attended Syracuse University.!During school he was active in all!sports and is a well known athlete!in Bergen County.

3 In San Antonio(Special to tho Bergen Evening Record)San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 23—Three!

I Bergen County (N. J.), aviation II cadets have been advanced from the II Army Air Force Preflight School I

I WEST ENGLEWOOD—Arthur J . jI Greene of 1409 Hudson Road.

Missing; in ActionFRANCIS, First Lieutenant Leol

C. Jr., 21, husband of Mrs. Hilda!Francis of 168 Prospect Avenue, f

iaywood. (Over Germany).In England Since '4

Mr. and Mrs. Leo Francis of 293JHickory Street, Teincck, received!the word that their son is missinglover Germany. He was a FlyingjFortress pilot and had been s ta - |tioned in England since July, 1943.1, On August 16, 1943, Francis, -who!was then pilot of the Terry and the!Pirales, was confined to a base hos-Jpital with pneumonia when his ship!was lost. Five of the plane's crew Imembers are prisoners ol war. g

Francis holds the Air Medal and!.three Oak Leaf Clusters. He has!21 combat missions to his credit.!A graduate ol Teaneck High School,!Class of '40, he enlisted in the Armyl

iAir Force in January, 1942, and re-lceived his commission at Moodyj

iField, Ga., the following Deeem-Iber 16. 3

His wlte, the former Miss Hilda IRosner. lives with ber parents at I

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MJIIIII- , who vLieutlil.liil V\ili;iin J'inii- n' Ihf'composinfr JI-IIIII »i Ib*' llt'i :i'li ! ' ruiis^ Ucorrt

service bail, i'l I ' l l , i1- SMUHII hrif Milli Ivn uf liFrank, who ,1usl juincd tlie Abrjuea. LieuliJiaitFrank Pince of West Englswood. TMs picture wasHospital at San Diego, Calif.

• Match, Teaneck,i Moved To Kansas

Francis J. Hatch, son of IVj Marie A. Hatch, 311 Queen ArJRoad, Teaneck, recently comrrI sioned a second lieutenant inI Army Air Forces, spent a short leeI at home before going to Dodge CI Army Air Field, Kansas, for aI week postgraduate course at <HB-26 Marauder pilot, school ofJAnny Air Forces Training Co

nand.Lieutenant Hatch vyas emploj

at a Wright Aeronautical Compaplant In Paterson and was a sdent at Bergen Junior College in

^December, 1942, when he Enlistedhe Army Air Force.Lieutenant Hatch's wife, the f

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