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TO BE LIEUTENANT COMMANDERS, TO RANK AS SUCH FROM MAY Capt. Francis Parker Tompkins, Cavalry. 25, 1939 Capt. John Arthur Weeks, Quartermaster Corps. Lt. Philip E. Shaw Capt. Frederick William Gerhard, Chemical Warfare serv- Lt. Earle G. Brooks ice. Lt. Henry T. Jewell Capt. Cornelius Comegys Jadwin, Cavalry. Lt. Gordon A. Littlefield Capt. Jacob Gunn Sucher, Ordnance Department. Lt. Frank Tomkiel Capt. Howard Harvey Newman, Coast Artillery Corps. TO BE LIEUTENANTS, TO RANK AS SUCH FROM MAY 25, 1939 Capt. Richard Gray McKee, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Reinhold R. Johnson Capt. William Lillard Barriger, Cavalry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Garland W. Collins Capt. Frederick Williams Fenn, Cavalry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) John R. Henthorn Capt. Joseph Charles Kovarik, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Emil A. Pearson Capt. Jonathan Lane Holman, Ordnance Department. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Hollis M. Warner Capt. Wynot Rush Irish, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Walter B. Millington Capt. Francis Earle Rundell, Quartermaster Corps. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Walter W. Collins Capt. Royal Adam Machle, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) John P. German Capt. Leonard Randall Nachman, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Oscar C. Rohnke Capt. Clark Hazen Mitchell, Field Artillery. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Karl 0. A. Zittel Capt. William Maynadier Miley, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Gilbert I. Lynch Capt. George Baird Hudson, Cavalry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) George R. Leslie Capt. Harry Clay Mewshaw, Cavalry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Joseph A. Bresnan Capt. Alfred Armstrong McNamee, Infantry. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Carl R. Stober Capt. Francis Joseph Achatz, Field Artillery. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) John R. Kurcheski Capt. Leon Calhoun Boineau, Infantry. TO BE A LIEUTENANT, TO RANK AS SUCH FROM JULY 1, 1939 Capt. Harold Wilbert Gould, Infantry. Capt. George Bittmann Barth, Field Artillery. Lt. (Jr. Gr.) Frederick C. Wild Capt. Harry Benham Sherman, Infantry. PROMOTIONS IN THE REGULAR ARMY Capt. Frank Thorpe Turner, Cavalry. TO BE COLONELS, WITH RANK FROM APRIL 30, 1940 Capt. Thomas Quinton Donaldson, Jr., Cavalry. Lt. Col. John Griffeth Booton, Ordnance Department. Capt. Philip Edward Gallagher, Infantry. Lt. Col. Frederick Gilbreath, Cavalry. Capt. Carroll Kimball Leeper, Infantry. Lt. Col. George Richmond Hicks, Infantry. Capt. Charlie Quillian Lifsey, Quartermaster Corps. Lt. Col. James Blanchard Crawford, Coast Artillery Corps. Capt. Hugh McCalla Wilson, Jr., Quartermaster Corps. Lt. Col. Haig Shekerjian, Chemical Warfare Service. Capt. Robert Trueheart Foster, Infantry. TO BE MAJORS, TO BE COLONELS, WITH RANK FROM MAY 1, 1940 WITH RANK FROM MAY 1, 1940 Lt. Col. Benjamin Curtis Lockwood, Jr., Infantry. Capt. Frederick von Harten Kimble, Air Corps (temporary Lt. Col. Harrison Henry Cocke Richards, Air Corps (tem- Major, Air Corps). porary colonel, Air Corps). Capt. William Jones Hanlon, Air Corps (temporary Major. Lt. Col. Carroll Armstrong Bagby, Infantry. Air Corps). Lt. Col. Arthur Bayard Conard, Cavalry. Capt. John Harold McFall, Finance Department. Lt. Col. Gregory Hoisington, Infantry. Capt. Howard Arnold Craig, Air Corps (temporary Major, Lt. Col. Jesse Amos Ladd, Infantry. Air Corps). Lt. Col. Paul William Baade, Infantry. Capt. Barney Leland Meeden, Quartermaster Corps. Capt. David Robert Stinson, Air Corps (temporary Major, TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONEL, WITH RANK FROM APRIL 26, 1940 Air Corps). Maj. Frank Curtis Mellon, Field Artillery. Capt. Joseph Theodore Morris, Air Corps (temporary Major, TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONELS, WITH RANK FROM APRIL 30, 1940 Air Corps). Maj. Donald Wilson, Air Corps (temporary lieutenant Capt. George Wald, Quartermaster Corps. colonel, Air Corps). Capt. Don Elwood Lowry, Quartermaster Corps. Maj. John Derby Hood, Cavalry. Maj. Claude Greene Hammond, Infantry. CONFIRMATIONS Maj. James Patrick Moore, Infantry. Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate May 6 Maj. Dorris Aby Hanes, Quartermaster Corps. (legislative day o1 April 24), 1940 Maj. Frank Austin Heywood, Quartermaster Corps. Maj. John Jacob Bethurum Williams, Field Artillery. UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE Maj. William Henry Halstead, Infantry. LEWIS B. SCHWELLENBACH to be United States district judge Maj. Randolph Gordon, Infantry. for the eastern district of Washington. Maj. Charles McDonald Parkin, Infantry. PROMOTIONS IN THE NAvY Maj. Philip Coleman Clayton, Cavalry. MARINE CORPS Maj. William Hays Hammond, Infantry. George T. Hall to be lieutenant colonel. Maj. Theodore Russell Maul, Quartermaster Corps. Howard N. Stent to be lieutenant colonel. TO BE LIEUTENANT COLONELS, WITH RANK FROM MAY 1, 1940 Perry K. Smith to be major. Maj. John Amos Nelson, Quartermaster Corps. Walter I. Jordan to be major. Maj. Joseph Leonard Tupper, Infantry. Andy C. Ramsey to be chief quartermaster clerk. Maj. William Francis Heavey, Corps of Engineers. POSTMASTERS Maj. Robert Marks Bathurst, Field Artillery. MISSISSIPPI Maj. Daniel Noce, Corps of Engineers. Maj. Willis Edward Teale, Corps of Engineers. Joseph L. Brown, Hattiesburg. Maj. Clark Kittrell, Corps of Engineers. Mrs. Willie M. Windham, Lena. Nannie Stuart, Morton. TO BE MAJOR, WITH RANK FROM APRIL 26, 1940 Myra P. Varnado, Osyka. Capt. Clarence Page Townsley, Field Artillery. NORTH CAROLINA TO BE MAJORS, WITH RANK FROM APRIL 30, 1940 Carl V. Bundy, Jamestown. Capt. Robert Hilton Offley, Infantry. Woodraw McKay, Lexington. Capt. John Mesick, Field Artillery. Fred H. Holcombe, Mars Hill.