In Germany, according to a card received from him yesterday by his On the Roll of Honor— wife, Mrs. Dorothy Watson Skagen. Sergt. Skagen was reported misting five D. C. Generals Col. Edwin K. be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, In the December 17. Daley River Road United Presbyterian Sergt. Skagen's card asked hia Church of which he was a member. wife to send him cigarettes, tobacco, Given British Medals First Lt. Fearn Field, U. S. A., 25, chocolate and "eats” through the Decorated by France; son of Capt. Richard S. Field, U. S. Red Cross, and added he hoped to N., retired, and Mrs. Field, of Route see her soon. He had been overseas 3. Rockville, Md., was killed in ac- with the infantry since June. Before On Western Front Seven Get Air Medals tion in Germany on March 6, his entering the service four years ago, have been notified. • parents he was employed here with the Fed- Five Washington generals were Col. Edwin K. 37. of 3100 Daley. Born in Washington. Lt. Field eral Trade Commission. A former Jamong 39 Army officers and enlisted Connecticut avenue N.W. has been attended Jaccard's School, Lau- resident of Louisville, Ky., Sergt. presented British medals ves- awarded the French of (men | Legion sanne, Switzerland: Western High is the father of two children. Field Marshal Sir and Killed Skagen .terday by Bernard Honor the Croix de Guerre by School, and St. Alban’s. He was Lt. Helen J. of the Ll. Henley Bergt. Sprague Pvt. Webtejr Li. Field We. MicPhenoa Lt. Clark He holds the Combat Infantry ! Montgomery for their part in Allied ;Gen. Koeltz of Henley, Army from West in graduated Point June, (Killed) (Killed) (Killed) (Killed) (Killed) on the Nurses Corps, who worked at Doc- (Killed) Badge. ^victories western front, ac- the French 1943, and went overseas in May, tors Sergt. Edmund L. Royston, 32, who to an Associated Press ! in cere- Hospital before joining the cording Army 1944. His mother is the former was in action in was killed in an reported missing dispatch. monies at 5th Army, airplane Miss Mildred Fearn of j Washington. Germany December 17, is a prisoner The District and the awards crash in Ledo, India, March 4. men, | Corps headquar- Lt. William Edgar Clark, U. S. N. of war in his Mr. Ger- A native of Greensboro, N. C.. she Germany, parents, received, are: ! ters, Fusa, R., 34, whose widow, Mrs. Bertha and attended public schools and Greens- Mrs. E. L. Royston, 3105 Twelfth Lt. Genj Leonard T. Gerow, 15th many, a Signal Clark, lives at 4410 Forty-second boro College there. She received street N.E., have been notified. Serv^ Army commander, 3051 Idaho ave- Corps dispatch street N.W., was killed in action her nurse’s at St. Leo's Royston was a battalion chief with nue N.W., and Maj. Gen. Leven C. said today. training during the preinvasion bombing of School of Nursing in Greensboro, a radio division and Went overseas Allen. 12th chief of The dispatch I wo Jim a in February. The son of Army Group and worked with the health last September. He has been in the did not the public 2013 street staff. 2126 Connecticut avenue N.W., give Mrs. Bernice Clark. O since 1942. is a service for a while before coming Army December, He ; Companion of the Order of Bath. details of the N.W., Lt. Clark was stationed on a to Doctors five graduate of Roosevelt High School awards, and Col. Hospital years ago. at the time Brig. Gen. Raymond G. Moses. heavy cruiser off Iwo and was a member of the Brookland wife. In October, 1943. she volunteered 12th Army Group supply officer, Daley's of his death. Methodist Church. who lives at the for the nurses’ corps, and went 2540 Massachusetts avenue N.W.. He joined the Navy in September,! Connecticut overseas in December, 1944. She Commander of the Order of the 1940, and took part in the North was serving in the 69th General British Empire. avenue address African invasion and the battles of Wallace Job Plan HiT had not c«i. D»i»y. Hospital in Ledo at the time of her Jf '■ Brig. Gen. Henry J. Matchett, yet Sicily and Salerno. J heard news of them. death. Her mother, Mrs. Beulah Bergt. Davit Pvt. Nitowiti Serct. Tutweil Pfc. Robinson Serct. Grm Pfc. Offutt commander. Ground Forces Rein- Besides his widow and mother he As Road to Col. Daley came here in 1941 and Spencer, and four sisters live in (Wounded) (Wounded) (Wounded) (Wounded) (Wounded) (Wounded) Dictatorship forcement System. 3901 Connecticut Is survived by two children, Bertha was with the chief of engineer’s New Castle, Del. Two aunts, Mrs. By the Associated Presr avenue N.W., Officer, Order of the Bernice, 5, and William, jr., 2. His Division, was wounded by shrapnel office until he went overseas in 1943. D. A. Mahoney and Mrs. Alda NEW Mar. 21.—Arthur widow is the daughter of Comdr. in the YORK, A. British Empire. and two scalp, hips and foot^ebruary He previously was awarded the Le- Crothers, uncles, P. R. and Mrs. C. 4201 Ballantine, former Undersecretary Maj. Gen. James M. Gavin, 82d Walter Lockhart, 6 in Germany, his wife, Mrs. Mary gion of Merit, the Bronze Star with Montgomery and W. C. Montgom- of the Treasury, said yesterday the Airborn Division commander. 2022 Yuma street N.W. Doris Tugwell, 425 Oglethorpe street an Oak Leaf Cluster and the Purple ery, live here. Pvt. methods by which Henry A. Wallace Columbia road Orland I. Webley, 33, whose N.W., has been informed. He is now N.W., Distinguished Heart. He is now commanding offi- Robert Miller Rowland, seaman, widow and two sons live on Route would have the Government guar- Service Order. in a hospital in England. cer of the 1171st engineering group second class, was killed in action 3, Vienna. Va., antee a job to every American Other generals receiving the previously reported He was born in Farmville, N. C. of the 1st Army. The Daleys have March 9 in the his would lead to economic are: Atlantic, mother, missing in action, has been reported planning, awards two and graduated from high school children, Edwin, jr., 15, and Mrs. Grace Miller Rowland, 1916 killed in on December and "planned economy means dic- Companion of the Order of Bath: Germany 16, there. His wife is a clerical super- Beatrice. 4. Seventeenth street N.W., has been his widow, Mrs. Either has tatorship.” .Lt. Gen. H. com- Webley, visor with the Federal Bureau of Courtney Hodges, Next of kin of five Washing- informed. Mr. Ballantine told the School of of been notified. mander the United States 1st tonians and two Investigation. nearby Virginians Seaman Rowland was stationed on Pvt. Politics meeting of the Women's Na- Gen. Lawton Collins of Webley entered the Army Army: Maj. were awarded Air Medals at cere- Technical Thomas T. Davis, tional a sub chaser. He was graduated last and wfas sent overseas Sergt. Republican Club he favored New Orleans. 7th Corps commander; April monies yesterday at Bolling Field. from Woodrow Wilson School last 27, whose wife, Mrs. Thelma S. full employment provided by Maj. Gen. Walter M. Robertson of High September. The sons are Ray, pri- Four of the awards were posthu- and attended George Washington and 3. Davis, lives at 5031 First street N.W., vate enterprise rather than by Gov- Nelson County. Va„ 2d Infantry Di- 7, Jesse, mous. The decorations were: University. He worked for the Jus- was wounded in the leg in Germany ernment control. vision commander, and Maj. Gen. a Tech. Hike H. tice and the Charles G. by land mine February 13. He is Pfr. Jordan Lt. Berk Ensign Allen Serrt. Koyilaa "Let it be that the Gov- William B. Kean of N. Sergt. Bagdasian, Department Wounded supposed Buffalo, Y., now in a killed in action over the Stott & Co.. Inc., before he entered hospital in England. (Wounded) (Miseinf ) (Missing) (Prisoner) ernment does guarantee to every 1st Army chief of staff. Germany, Pvt. David H. Nitowitz, 19, son of Air Medal with two Oak the service about two He A native of Washington, he at- American the right to a desirable Officer, Order of the British Em- Leaf Clus- years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Isadore Nitowitz, 1324 ters: received by his was a member of Kappa Alpha Fra- tended Roosevelt High School, and dan. Is now with the 20th Bomber | Pvt. Winfred M. Walker, Route 5, job,” he said. ‘‘In the end this would pire: Brig. Gen. John A. Rogers of father, Harry Tuckerman street N.W., suffered 1406 Seaman Rowland was a clerical worker in the Navy Command. Alexandria, March 11. involve the Government in the di- N. Bagdasian, Harvard street N.W. ternity. formerly frostbite while with the | Nashua, H.. 1st Army surgeon. fighting in- Yard before into lived in Green Acres. Md. He also going the Army in Pvt. M. rection of jobs and of work—other- Distinguished Service Order: Brig. Second Lt. Joseph Andrews, killed fantry in Belgium, and is now in a Joseph Kleckner. 19, son leaves two sisters, Miss Row- June, 1942. He went overseas in wise the guarantee has little mean- Gen. William O. of in action over France, the Air Med- Betty hospital in England. of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Kleckner Missing Harrison, jr„ land and Mrs. Maurice Broderick. November, 1944. ing.” Pulaski, Tenn.. assistant division al: received by his parents, Mr. and He was born here and attended of Blunts lane. Fairfax County, was Lt. William C. Beck. Ill, 21. whose Pfc. F. commander. 30th Infantry Division. Mrs. Burt W. Andrews, 600 Whittier Sergt. Donald R. Sprague, 22, nose Calvin Coolidge High School. Be- Percy Jones, 20, son of Mrs. wounded on February 1 In Burma, parents live at 3306 Stephenson street N.W. gunner on a Liberator, was killed Alberta Jones, 28 Ninth street S.E., while fighting with an unit. place N.W., has been miss- fore entering the Army last sum- infantry reported Mason, WSA Aide, over was wounded in Pvt. Kleckner entered the service in action in First Lt. Charles R. Kline, killed February 21. Vienna. Austria, mer he was in the merchant ma- Germany January' ing Prance since March in action in his Mr. and Mrs. R. E. 31. He was bom in Charles County, April, 1943, and was sent overseas 3. The last word received from Lt. Flynn Absent as Wife, Prance, the Air Medal; parents, rine. He went overseas four months Sued for Divorce 1454 road have Md., attended Glasva School last In a letter received Beck bv his was received by his widow, Mrs. Sylvia Sprague, Bangor S.E., after entering the Army. His father High September. parents dated Feb- Mrs. Ethel N. Mason. 4000 block R. Kline. been informed. It was there, and was working at the Cedar by his parents prior to the official ruary 23, when he was in Alsace, Arrive From Arlington Farms. Sergt. is a printer, and Mrs. Nitowitz is a of Davis place N.W.. yesterday filed Baby Mexico Edward H. Sprague's 20th mission* Point casualty list today have ap- Riverdale, Aid., is a prisoner of war bill. to aid veterans. in and holds the In-! wounded in action March 3 in ‘veteran of September, in The Star 1 ■■■ * on the "■ '■ — between peared dates ■ the council and economic Pdgffle action*? r11”' ZIZ -. 1 ■ $rp. fcombat He and his; France, his wife, Mrs. Ella Graham. i Save it and all other paper. experts. » Tollivet was woiftraed in 1942 on fantry Badge. mentioned, and after next of kin who is 1539-A Third street N.W., has Guadalcanal. He was returned to wife, an employe of the Post! were notified. learned. Pvt. Graham was Office have one fighting this country to recover from his Department, daugh- j Pfc. Ronald K. Bowman, 2832 HERZOG'S • OPEN THURSDAY 12 NOON TIL 9 P.M. ter. six with the 7th Army. wounds and was stationed at the Barbara, years old. Twenty-fifth street S.E 16. World War Veteran Born in Washington. Pvt. Gra- January’ Who Went Yard about two years before Staff Sergt. Harold Gross, 34, son Pvt. Robert E. Dixon, 2009 Fair- Navy j ham attended McKinley High to the Pacific a second of Dr. and Mrs. Louis E. Grass, 24811 lawn avenue S.E.. March 13. going time; School. He was employed at the last June. Before going to Iwo, Eighteenth street N.W.. was wound- Second Lt. William F. O'Donnell, Back to Pfc.] Ransdell Printing Co. when he en- Germany Is Sorry Now ed in 2701 Tolliver participated in the battle action February 8 in Ger- the jr„ Twenty-eighth street N.W., THOMAS tered service last May and was By R. HENRY, He only knew one. a Filipino, in of Saipan. many, after a year's service at the February 15 Star War Correspondent. sent overseas in October. Pvt. Gra- the next town The man. now’ Pfc. was front as medical technician Pvt. Fenton L. Palmer. 3023 Four- dead, Tolliver born and edu- with ham has two children. 3-year-old WITH UNITED STATES FORCES never returned to the United States an He teenth street N.W., 28. cated in Kentucky. infantry regiment. has been! Gary and 2-year-old Dianne. His February ON THE RHINE, Mar. 21.—The and left three children whom Beck in sendee 35 months. most Pfc. Donald Chester MacPherson, parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Gra- pathetic figure I met in Ger- has a United States A native of New helped get 27, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Duncan York. Sergt. ham. live at 216 Bates street was William Beck. N.W. many pension which was paid until the Gross made his home here for sev-! MacPherson. 1892 Ontario Pfc. Alan W. Jordan. 23. son of William Beck was an American place start of the present war. eral years. In civilian life he was soldier who served for N.W.. was killed in action in Ger- Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Jordan. 2815 three years He doesn't know and doesn't care a salesman. in the Rhineland after the many March 7, with the 3d Army, South Abingdon street, Arlington. and REPAIRING World what has happened to them since War j his family has been notified. His Pvt. Herman Ramsey. 20. son of Va„ was wounded in the chest and ALL MAKES with the American Army of the checks He Immediate Service—Worit Guaranteed stopped coming. wife, Mrs. Louise MacPherson. and Mrs. Nita Ramsey, 1112 King street.! shoulder while fighting with the Occupation. knows that still Amer- boys claiming Alexandria, was wounded When he returned to infant daughter, live at 1820 Clydes- January 5th Marine Division on Iwo Jima, McMahon Chevrolet America he ican are not forced into citizenship dale N.W. 19 in Belgium and is now in a his said Now in a hos- N.W, GE 0100 became a $2.000-a-year post office the place family today. 6323_Ggorgi^Aye. Army. in clerk in his home town of Louis- Pfc. MacPherson attended public haspital Europe. pital in the Marianas, he has writ- Admits ville, Ky. Making Mistake. schools here and the Woods Com- He was a fireman with No. 4 ten that he is recovering. iciiieiomiiiiaareiw.iunwpoegnienai “I made a great mistake return- mercial He was Engine Company in Alexandria be- Pfc. Jordan has served in the Pa- Today he is a small-town dry! School. employed by ing to Beck said. He fore the cific almost goods proprietor here in the Rhine- j Germany.” the A. & P. Stores before entering entering Army in Decem- three years and took TROUSERS land. regrets the loss of his post office job. the Army in November, 1943, and ber, 1943. He went overseas last part in the battles of Choiseul, Vella Beck took little interest had To Match BS Retains and was sent overseas last September. spring. One brother, Pfc. Frank Lavella and Bougainville. He en- %Ak Citizenship. little Odd Coat, up ■ understanding of the objects 23, is in the listed in the Marines in He is one of a small—perhaps not Besides his parents, wife and child, Ramsey, Philippines. Milwaukee, of the war. to be left where so small since Beck knows of five wanting only be is survived by five brothers and Sergt. Ronald E. Tugwell, 27, a Wis.. his, family formerly alone. This was in con- lived. moved EISEMAN’S—F at 7th others in nearby of striking six sisters. Two of his brothers are member of the 38th Infantry Regi- They here two years towns—gToup trast to the American soldiers who married Ger- attitude found in Sicily, in the service. Memorial services will ment of the crack 2d (Indian Head) ago. A brother, Lt. Robert P. Jor- 1 ganMmmMMMM W’here returned man girls during the occupation and Italian-American veterans of the last war W’ere most either did not return home or came i back to Germany at their wives' energetic anti-Fascist saboteurs. Insistence. One group actually organized an 1 American Legion Beck claims to have kept up his post. Here no American citizenship although his there is fellowship. Beck was reared in a German-American passports were taken away. He in showed a certificate from the Swiss orphanage Louisville. His chil- dren have F Consul at Coblenz stating that Beck forgotten English. Saltz Street cravats for Easter had reported to him and placed his ... of double Interest property under his protection. and Easter Smartness A man like Beck is hard to under- | Gifts stand. He says the Germans never threatened to arrest him or inter- j fered with his business in any way after the United States entered the war, although it was known he was SPORT SHIRTS an American citizen. “Everybody around knew me and considered me a neighbor,” he said. by Arrow. He came to Germany when his wife inherited the store. 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