Evening Star Newspaper, December 21, 1930, Page 14

HOOVER APPROVES NAVY PROMOTIONS 7 Captains, 25 Commanders and 37 Lieut. Command- ers to Be Advanced. President Hoover yesterday indorsed the choice of the Navy's Selection Board for the promotion of seven cap- tains to the t of rear admiral; 25 commanders the grade of captain and 37 lieutenant commanders to the yank of commander. ‘Three high-ranking officers now on duty in Washington—Capt. Yancey S. ‘Williams, aide for navy yards and on duty in the office of Assistant Secretary Ernest Lee Jahncke; Capt. Claude C. Bloch, commandant of the Navy Yard, and Capt. John W. Greenslade, until recently aide to Secretary Adams and now in charge of the central section, office of naval operations—will be ad- wvanced to rear admirals. ‘The four other captains who will benefit are: Capt. William Carleton Watts, chief of staff to the comman- dant of the 4th Naval District, at Philadelphia; Capt. Joseph Knefler Taussig, commanding the U. S. S. Mary- land; Capt. Edward Clifford Kalbfus, chief of staff of the commander of the Battleship Divisions of the Battle Fleet, and Capt. Clark Howell Woodward, ‘who is now on duty in the office of the Governor of the Panama Canal, at Bal- boa, Canal Zone. No Vacancies at Present. Capt. Willlams makes his home at 4701 Connecticut avenue; Capt. Bloch lives at the Washington Navy Yard and Capt. Greenslade resides at 3325 Row- ' land place. i While there are no present vacancies existing for these new admirals to fill, they will be advanced as the senior officers die, are retired or otherwise separated from the service. President Hoover will likely forward the names of the 69 officers selected for promotion to the Senate for confirmation shortly. A number of naval officers on duty in the National Capital, natives of the city and those that make their homes here were picked by the Selection Board for advancement in rank. Commanders Recommended. The list of commanders recommended for promotion to the rank of captain | follows: ‘Thomas Withers, Staff Naval War College, Newport, R. I.; Harry Langley Pence, Navy Yard division, office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Frank Hamilton Roberts, commanding U. S. S. Altair; Andrew Samuel Hickey, office of Naval Intelligence; Charles Conway Hartigan, naval attache, American Lega- tion, Peking, China; George AndreWw Alexander, in charge Branch Hydro- graphic Office, Seattle, Wash”, Roland Munroe Brainard, commanding Division 33, Destroyer Squadrons, Battle Fleet; Sherwood Ayerst Taffinder, command- ing U. 8. 8. Sapelo; John Taylor Gause , staff, Naval War College, New- port, R. 1; Lesey Barratt Anderson, executive officer, U. S. S. Nevada; John Sidney McCain, in charge recruiting, Bureau Navigation, Navy Department; Matthias Evans Manly, aide on staff, commander Scouting Fleet; Alexander Sharp, jr., commander mine division 1, Mine Squadron, U. S. Fleet; Hollis Mosey Cooley, office of Naval Opera- tions, Navy Department; Aubrey Wray Pitch, comu.anding U. S. S. Wrigh! Edward Davis Washburn, jr., col mander Division 12, Destroyer Squad- rons, Battle Fleet; Fred Fremont Rogers, staff, Naval War College, Newport, R. L; Claude Albert Bonvillian, Board of tion and Survey, Navy Depart- ment; Edwin Armin Wolleson, North- rtgrn University, Chicago, 1ll.; Claude nks Mayo, instruction at Naval War College, Newport, George Hall Bowdey, 11th Naval District, head- quarters San Diego, Calif.; Robert Al- fred Theobald, office of Naval Opera- tions, Navy Department; William Lewis Beck, commanding U. S, S. Nokomis: Garret l‘nsi;’l‘ Sch;;};le Bureau of A avy patment, and Charles Frank Russell, executive U. 8. S. West Virginia. i Lieutenant Commanders. Lieutenant commanders recommend- ed for promotion to commanders were: John Howard Wellbrock, Naval Reserve Officers’ Ceorps, Harvard Universit Clarkson Joel Bright, commanding U. S, 8. Simpson; William Douglas Kilduff, gunnery. officer, U. 8. S. Lexington; Stewart Allan Manahan, Bureau of En- gineering, Navy Department; Herbert Otto Roesch, Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department; John Findley Donelson, commanding Dickerson; Webb Tram- mell, Office .of Naval Intelligence, Navy Department; Charlton Eugene Battle, Jr., aide and flag lieutenant, staff, com- mander Destroyer Squadrons, - Battle Fleet; Robert Melville Griffin, gunnery officer. U. 8. 8. Colorado; Robert Hewet- san_Skelton, alde and flag secretary, staff, commander in chief, United States Fleet; Alfred George Zimmermann, commanding U. S. S. Biddle; Roger Warde Paine, Bureau of Engineering, Navy Department; Delavon Bloodgood Downer, U. 8, 8. Pensacola; Oliver Lod- wick Wolfard, Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif.; Ellis Spencer Stone, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department; Harry Lioyd Merring, Navy gun factory, Navy Yard, Washington, D. H N INGS l Will Be Advanced Capt. Yancey S. Williams (\llll)!l’?-i aide for navy yards, in the office of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Ernest Lee Jahncke, and Capt. Claude C. Bloch, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, indorsed by President Hoover for promotion to rear admirals when vacancies in that rank occur. Sanderson Craven, Division of Fleet Training, Navy Department; Lybrand Palmer Smith, U. S. S. Claxton. William Dwight Chandler, jr., Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.; Harry Wilbur Hill, gunnery officer, U. S. 8. Mary- land; Bernhard Henry Bieri, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department; Oscar Charles Badger, Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Department; James Carroll Byrne, jr., Bureau of Ordnance, Navy | Department; Robert King Awtrey, Bu-| | than she had known in years and her THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 21, ENGLISH CHARITIES MASSFORYULEAID Stark Poverty More Rampant | Than Ever in Slums of London. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 20.—Charitable organizations are massing for their drive against hunger and cheerlessness as they prepare for the final push in the days remaining before Christmas. In the thick of the fight to beat back drabness in the London slums and Welsh coal fields is the Salvation Army’s far-flung organization, working in co-operation with other leading philanthropical organizations. Because of the economic upheaval, | stark poverty this Christmas is more rampant in London’s slums than it has been in years. Not only is the need greater this year, Col. Edna Colbourne, head of the Salvation Army's Slums | Department, said, but also the huge | flood of cash contributions of former years has decreased this season. But the bright spot in the efforts to relieve the situation, she s: is the work of Hugh Redwood, veteran Fleet street newspaper man, who has written 8 best seller and turned the entire book roceeds over to the Salvation Army's ‘hristmas fund. The book, “God in the Slums,” has already run through the first edition of 100,000 copies and is well on its way to its second large printing. Col. Colbourne said the demand this | season for individual meals was greater department was planning distribution | of upward of 50,000 basket meals, in addition to some 20,000 which will be eau of Navigation, Navy Department; {-lowlrd Stafford Jeans, executive officer, U. S. S. Denver; Edward Benjn.mlni Lapham, commanding U. S. S. Bm\th‘ Thompson; Edward Willlam Hanson, staff, commander in chief laghan, aide on staff, commander Bat- tleship Divisions, Battle Fleet; Frank Jacob Lowry, Naval R. O. T. C., Uni-| versity of California; Thomas Baxter, | board of Inspection and Survey, San Francisco, Calif.; Walter Arthur Riedel, engineer oflleer.d U.M sbls. ‘Tennessee; Edgar Raymon cClung, gunnery officer, U. S. 8. Texas; John Holmes Magruder, jr., navigator, U. 8. S. Marblehead; Lewis Wells Comstock, Bureau of Engineering, Navy Depart- ment; Thomas Shore McCloy, staff, Naval War College, Newport, R. I.; Lytell St. Louis Pamperin, navy yard, Puget Sound, and Frank Carey McCord, Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, N. J. | | — STATUE OF SAN MARTIN UNVEILED AT CARACAS South American Hero Shares Hon- ors With Bolivar for Struggle for Independence. By the Associated Press. CARACAS, Venezuela, December 20. —A statue of Gen Jose de San Martin, who ranks about equally as a hero to South America with Gen. Simon Bolivar, was unveiled today on the avenue bearing hir name in the pres- ence of a distinguished assembly. Gen. San Martin was born in 1778 in what 15 now Argentina, and in the years between 1812 and 1822 liberated much of South America from Spanish rule. He worked until he had freed much of Peru, but at this time the army of Gen. Belivar approached from the rorth and for a time there threatened a strike for leadership. Gen. San Martin, manner, gave way to his rival and re- signed as supreme protector of Peru Dublin Society Changes. Society in Dublin, Irish Free State, is “going European,” according to TV ing visitors. 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