Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1942, Page 7

Gen. Chaney Has Held Many Commands in U. §. and Abroad U. S. Army Chief in Britain Is Native Of Maryland Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney who was appointed today to command all the United States Army forces in the United Kingdom has had an outstanding career in the Army air forces. A native of Chaney, Md., he grad- uated from the United States Mil- itary Academy in 1908 and was com- missioned in the infantry. After serving with the 9th Infantry at Fort Sam Houstan, Tex., he was sent on detached service in Europe, Africa and Asia for several months in 1910, later rejoining his regiment at Iloilo, Philippines, where he served for two years. Returning to the United States in 1912, he served at Fort Snelling, Minn,, and in the fall of that year became instructor of modern lan- guages at the academy. Gen. Chaney transferred to the air service after the outbreak of the war in 1917 and after filling various executive posts, sailed for Europe in 1918, where he was on duty with the air forces of the American Expedi- tionary Force and with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Honor Graduate of Staff School. In October, 1919, he was appointed assistant military attache for avia- tion at Rome. Returning to the United States in 1924, he was as- signed to the air service tactical school at Langley Field. He was an honor graduate of the command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Kans, afterwards serving as commandant of the Air Corps' primary and advanced fly- ing schools at San Antonio, Tex. He graduated from the Army War College in 1931 and was assigned to duty in the office of the chief of Air Corps where he remained until January, 1932. He served as technical adviser on aviation at the Geneva Disarmament Conference in that year, returning to the office of the chief of Air Corps, where he served until 1935. Set Up Defense Organization. Since that time Gen. Chaney has been assistant to the chief of Air Corps in command of the Air Corps training center at Randolph Field, Tex. Completing his tour in that post in 1938 he was sent to Mitchel Field, N. Y. After a visit to Eng- Jand to study protection against air raids he became head of the air defense command, the first organ- ization of its kind in the country. In this capacity he established the defense organization for the North- eastern section of the country, which has since served as a model for the Nation. In May of last year he was as- signed to duty in the office of chief of staff in Washington and was sent to London on special assignment. He accompanied the American mis- sion headed by W. Averell Harri- man which flew to Moscow shortly after the outbreak of hostilities be- tween Germany and Soviet Union, serving as adviser on aviation mat- ters. Since his return from Russia he has been on duty in London. Malaya (Continued From First Page.) Gurkha soldiers cut off from the main force in Northern Malaya early in the war have reached Singapore | after 40 days. | They fought their way out of sev- | eral tight corners, crossed the main road in constant use by Japanese trucks. then paddled a small sam- pan 200 miles across the Malacca Strait to Sumatra. | A rapid drive by Japanese tanks | separated the two officers and 250 | men from their battalions Decem- | ber 15 in Northern Kedah. At- tempting to make their way through | the jungles during a heavy storm while the Japanese attacked, the | party scattered. Reach Coast Village. ‘The officers and the seven Gur- khas sloshed across 20 miles of | flooded rice fields and finally reached a village on the coast, where Chinese guided the party to the sampan. ‘The small craft had neither oars nor sail so the men cut palm fronds | and fashioned crude paddles, then set out for Penang. ‘The wind blew the sampan toward the sea at night and the next day a cross current foiled their at-| tempts to reach Penang so they | decided to allow the wind to help them toward Sumatra, 200 miles to | the south, whence they came to| Singapore. 50 British Planes Felled -Yesterday, Tokio Claims TOKIO (From Japanese Official Broadcasts), Jan. 27 (#).—Imperial headquarters announced today that 50 British planes were shot down | vesterday, 39 of them in air battles curing which British formations of | bombers and torpedo planes at- tempted to attack groups of Japan- ese transports off Endau on the east coast of Malaya. Ten more were shot down over Rangoon, in a raid on Burma, and cne was accounted for over Tengah Airdrome at Singapore, the com- | munique said. Twenty-four of the planes were shot down off Endau when the Brit- ish attacked at 4:30 p.m., the com- munique said, and 15 were shot down over Endau itself. The headquarters listed 12 torpedo planes, one consolidated (American- built) patrol bomber, three Lock- heed Hudson bombers (also Amer- jcan made), three Hurricanes and five Buffalo fighters, also from United States factories) among the downed British aircraft. Almost an entire formation of 16 bombers and one Hurricane fighter ‘was destroyed in the battle over En- dau, the communique declared. In this fighting and in the battle near Rangoon, the Japanese claimed they lost but one fighting plane, while another was forced to land be- .r.md Japanese lines. | Two Men Die as Blaze .Sweeps lllinois Hotel Bv the Associated Press. MATTOON, Il, Jan. 27—Two men were burned to death and several others injured today when fire of unknown origin swept through the top floor of the four-story Hotel Byers. Firemen with ladders rescued several guests and others slid down ropes to safety. The dead were identified as H. B. N [y THE EVENING STAR, Y States forces in the British Isles. Headline from London Chroni press welcomed arrival. I A.EF. (Continued From First Page.) ‘ to many of the officers and non- ! commissioned officers, who landed | on these shores nearly 25 years ago \ as members of the first A. E. F. | Mingled with the World War vet- erans and seasoned Regular Army | men were numerous draftees. A]l\ were fresh from Southern maneu- | vers which had hardened and welded them into a single fighting unit. | Censorship forbids mentioning the size of the unit or its identity, but the official announcement issued in | London said it included ‘“several thousand men of an infantry divi- sion.” “They are combat troops with the usual components of field artillery,” the statement added. The contingent is commanded by 52-year-old Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle. | Speak Highly of Fitness. | Critical British, Irish and Amer- | ican officials who watched the troops debark spoke highly of their evident fitness. | “You are impressive examples of American military might,” declared | Sir Archibald Sinclair, British Air| Minister, who welcomed them. | So great was the secrecy surround- | ing the Atlantic crossing that only | a small band of curious onlookers was on hand as the big trensports were warped alongside the quays. When military bands struck up “The Star Spangled Banner,” how- | ever, a ragged cheer went up from the shore, and like wildfire the electrifying cry ran through the town: “The Yanks are here!” Spectators crowded to the streets 2s the troops marched out of the! dockyard after the brief official greeting, swinging along to the stir- ring strains of “Marching Through Georgia” with the Stars and Stripes fluttering proudly ,at the head of the column. Exchange Greetings. The doughboys looked grim as they paraded through town, full packs on their backs and tin hats on their heads. Grins came to their faces, how- | ever, as they broke marching for- | mation to entrain for their en-! campments and they exchanged| friendly greetings with Britishers and Irishmen who crowded close! to them. While most of the doughboys hailed from the Midwest and many had never before been eboard any vessel larger than a river steamer, they seemed to be taking in stride the excitement attendant on their trans-Atlantic voyag®. “When do we eat?” was the ques- tion that seemed uppermost in their minds. They learned quickly that they would get what the British call “a heavy breakfast and two heavy meals” a day. British soldiers get one heavy meal and three light ones daily. Plans for the disposition to be made of the American troops were not announced, but it was assumed that training—which began only a year ago for some—would be re- sumed with emphasis placed on tac- tics developed by British soldiers who already have seen action on the continent and elsewhere. Most of the Americans appeared anxious to come to grips with the enemy. . “They're all eager for a fight,” was the way one of their officers put it. First-class Pvt. Milburn Henke, 22, of Hutchinson, Minn., son of a Ger- man immigrant to the United States, was the first soldier ashore. He proudly displayed a postcard from Corson, 53, Ashland, I1l., and William €. Sonnen, about 40, Evanston. ~ his father saying: “Give 'em hell.” This group of steel-helmeted United * States troops was part of Convoy Was Held Up While Operation Was Performed on Nurse By the Associated Press. WITH THE A. E. F. IN NORTHERN IRELAND, Jan. 21—During the voyage here from America, the convoys were held up 30 minutes while Lt Comdr. Lionel S. Austin, a New York surgeon, performed a major operation on a nurse, Seeond Lt. Florence M. McBride of Youngstown, Ohio. It was said that a similar operation often requires 45 minutes to an hour even in the most modern of hospitals. Lt. McBride was recovering quickly I | i | described laconically by the Navy as | “routine,” it was an exciting ad- venture for this correspondent and | Harrison Roberts, Associated Press | photographér, accredited to the A.| The ever-present danger of enemy | submarine, frequent boat drills, the sight of protecting warships wallop- ing through the waves and the eerie | nights when the convoy swept on | without a light showing, all com- bined to add to the air of excite- ment. Bctause of the number of passen- gers aboard the 20-year-old trans- port to which we were assigned there were only half enough lifeboats to go around and the remainder of the | personnel was assigned to liferafts. Nazi Radio Tels of Landing. NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (#)—The German radio last night carried without comment two brief reports under Stockholm and Buenos Aires datelines on the landing of American troops in Northern Ireland. Brief News in Dublin. DUBLIN, Jan. 27 (#).—Dublin newspapers printed only the official Washington statement on the land- ing of United States troops in Northern Ireland and brief intro- ductory paragraphs. Senafe Commitlee Stars Dollar-a-Year Men Probe The Senate Defense Investigating Committee has begun an inquiry into the status of dollar-a-year men in the new War Production Board. Chairman Truman is not ready to discuss the subject further than to announce that Donald M. Nelson, new war production chief, has asked for a hearing and will be invited to come before the committee tomor- row or Thursday. Senator Truman emphasized that the committee is “not after any |one,” but merely wants to develop the facts regarding the status of | dollar-a-year men. It had been learned eralier that some of the employes and of the War Production Board had been queried by the | committee for information. Philadelphia Vault To Protect Liberty Bell By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27.—The Liberty Bell is going to be protected from possible bomb damage. Mayor Bernard Samuel announced today that a concrete and steel bombproof vault will be built into which the famous bell can be low- ered in an emergency. The shelter, costing approximately $20,000, will be donated by the In- surance Co. of North America “as & contribution to National defense.” The company was founded in In- ‘Though the Atlantic crossing wi i 2 Y A ed dependence Hall 150 years ago. Q p WASHINGTON, A. E. F. GREETED AT NORTH IRELAND BASE—Maj. Gen. James Chaney (left) grips the hand of a helmeted, but unidentified United States Army officer, on the arrival yesterday of a new Ameri- can Expeditionary Force at a base in Northern Ireland. Gen. Chaney is in charge of all United icle (above} shows how British —All A. P. Wirephotos via cable from London. the arriving contingent. Overtime fo Speed 3 Building of Warships, ' Scrugham Declares House Opens Debate On $17,722,565,474 Naval Fund Bill By the Associated Press. Overtime and speedup plans already in effect will advance completion of warships now be- ing built for the Navy by several months, Representative Scrug- ham, Democrat, of Nevada told the House today in opening de- bate on the $17,722,565,474 naval appropriations bill, largest in history. . As chairman of the®Naval Appro- priations Subcommittee, Represen- tative Scrugham disclosed that “it is now the plan to slow down on the units the least advanced and to concentrate on the ones slated for commissioning in the near fu- ture.” He asserted that the battle of Crete and the sinking of the British capital ships Prince of Wales and Repulse had demonstrated the su- periority of air power over sea | power, but added that “as long as our enemies may roam the seas with these heavily gunned and armored ships, we must have some suitable craft to pit against them, and to seek them out and destroy them in areas without the reach of aircraft.” 15 Capital Ships Under Way. At present, Mr. Scrugham said, the United States has 15 capital ships under way. The bill includes more than $300,000,000 toward their construction. There are now 383 combatant ships building, he said, and 3,136 auxiliary and special type craft are under way. The new appropria- tions include provisions for addi- tional non-rigid airships, barrage balloons and completion of a 15,000~ plane program for the Navy and Marine Corps. Mr. Scrugham added that “there is in the making, I understand, a program for a total of 27,000 naval airplanes.” The subcommittee chairman ex- plained that the bill—“the most stupendous’ measure ever presented to a legislative body”—would be boosted to $20,000,000,000 by con- tract authorizations. He said that $8,206,760,385 would go to new ship construction and described the “special types” program approved by the House in a resolution Janu- ary 21 as “highly confidential.” Fund For Bases. Mr. Scrugham also told of a fund for building naval and air bases anywhere in the world that war might make necessary. “We have to meet a world-wide problem of construction before us,” he said. “We must provide funds to go into any area where there is a need for shore facilities to support our fleets in the air or on the sea. * * We are appropriating $450,- 000,000 to meet such emergency sit- uations.” Besides the amount for new ship building, the bill calls for $1,339,113,- 068 for naval personnel; $5,083,185,- B 348 for fleet maintenance'and oper- | Wa ation; $1,668281,470. for aviation, and $585,525,246 for bases. Boys are being taught cooking and girls carpentry at a new school in Worcester, South Africa. D. C, Surprises British, Holding Up Story Had Planned to Announce Arrival Tomorrow; Public Joyful By the Associated Press. LONDON, Jan. 27.—The sudden United States War Department an- nouncement yesterday that the United States Army was in North- ern Ireland jolted British arrange- ments for releasing the story for Wednesday morning papers throughout the world. The British opened their eves wide with surprise when the Wash- ington flash came through for im- mediate publication. Sweating and swearing censors were snowed under with piles of stories they thought they would have two days to look over. But it was _joyful news for England. “That's better,” one ex-service man of the World War said. “De Valera (Premier of Eire) will have to think fast about his bases now.” Eire has remained neutral despite indications that the United States and Britain would like to use some of the ports in Eire they used in the last war. Londoners Are Pleased. In the London pubs it was noticed that obvious satisfaction at the arrival of United States troops was linked with bitterness against the Irish for withholding their bases. “It doesn’t matter much where they are going to be used,” one 50- year-old man said “so long as they make the Irish see the war is really on their doorstep.” A bartender commented, “I don't care if they are just a platoon and a corporal. They're here and that's what we wanted.” A third group was gloomily dis- | cussing the Libyan and Singapore fighting. Hearing the news, they whooped and a girl in a fire- fighter’s uniform slapped a male friend on the back. | “That's the only thing we’ll be talking about tomorrow.” Immediately after announcing the arrival of American troops in | Northern Ireland the B. B. C. noted | last night there had been “slight ! enemy air activity” over Northern | Ireland. No damage or casualties ‘were mentioned. Several Thousand in Group. The official account of the land- ing said: “Several thousand men of an American infantry division landed at a Northern Ireland port recently. They are combat troops with the usual components of fleld artillery.” After being greeted by Britich mil- itary and civil officers and by Amer- ican officers, the troops marched off to take transportation to their encampment, ghe B. B. C. said. In the last war there were 1868,- 000 United States troops in France, Lloyd George, war-time premier, | said in his memoirs. At the end of | September, 1917, there were 61531, | in October 87,000, at the end of November 126,000 and at the begin- ning of 1918 659,104. Twenty-two American divisions were engaged on the western front between Septem- ber and November 11, 1918. arrival of the doughboys. “The Yanks are here again” shouted the News-Chronicle all the way across its front page. The Dalily Express used a seven- column headline and four columns ;;( pictures showing the troops land- | ing. | In a dissertation to its readers on | the origin of the word “Yankee,” | the News-Chronicle soberly ex- | plained: | | “It first appeared in this country | in the early 1780's as a genernH | nickname for any inhabitant of the | | United States. | | “But in the United States the name applies only to natives or | inhabitants of New England States | and Northern States generally.” Yates Elected Head Of United Wallpaper By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 27—William H. Yates, executive vice president®of United Wallpaper Factories, Inc., has been elected president of the | corporation succeeding Albert J. | Browning, resigned. Yates has been |an official of the company since (1939 and formerly was associated with Montgomery Ward & Co. and | Lady Esther, Ltd. 'Chaney (Continued From First Page.) 1908. He transferred to the Air Corps after long service in the in- fantry and signal corps. The establishment of “general headquarters somewhere in Eng- land” under Gen. Chaney’s com- mand was announced. The United States military head- quarters announcement said that Gen. Chaney arrived in the United Kingdom on May 15, 1941, with 17 specially selected staff officers. He set up a general and special staff under the name of special observer group to make & detailed study of British military and air technique. “This staff worked in close co- operation with the War Office and perfected an organization which enabled immediate action when President Roosevelt and Prime Min- ister Churchill decided in Washing- ton late last month to have Amer- ican troops assist in the defense of the British Isles as an essential fortress in this world struggle,” the announcement added. Vehicles powered by producer gas in Australia‘'are expected to con- sume $4,000,000 worth of charcoal a year. WANTED 1940 PONTIAC WILL PAY HIGH PRICE FLOOD PONTIAC 4221 Conn. Ave. WOodley 8400 Oidest_Pontiac Dealer in D.C._ GUARD - AGAINS' KIDNEY DISORDERS king M tai Valley Mi G om Tamens Hot 85 MOUNTAIN VALLEY MINERAL WATER 04 13tk Bt N.W. MEL. 1082 A TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1942. Troop Landing News |Former Washington Worker Led Army Ashore in Ireland Pvt. Milburn Henke Employed Here As Printer The first American Expeditionary Force to go to Europe in the present war was led ashore at a Northern Ireland port yesterday by Pvt. Mil- burne Henke, 23, of Hutchinson, Minn., who worked in Washington last summer as an apprentice printer. Pvt. Henke's friends were sur- prised and pleased when they learned that the commander of the force, Maj. Gen. Russell P. Hartle, had selected him at random from the ranks of soldiers lined up on the deck of a transport for the honor of being the first to go ashore. The Royal Ulster Rifles Band be- gan to play “The Star Spangled Banner” as Pvt. Henke stepped down the gangplank. American sol- diers burst into cheers as the song ended and followed Pvt. Henke to shore. Greeted by General. Maj. Gen. James E. Chaney, newly named ¢ommander of the United States y forces in the British Isles, was the first to greet Pvt. Henke, “Hello, how are you?” he said. “When do we get a whack at those Germans?” Pvt. Henke replied. The young soldier, son of a Ger- man-born father; who runs a restau- rant in Hutchinson, proclaimed hlm"sell ready to “give the Germans hell.” Most interested locally in Pvt.| Henkes whereabouts is his boyhood | chum, George Hammel, 1227 Con- cord avenue N.W., who works for) the United States News. Pvt. Henke came to Washington last summer to visit Mr. Hammel and obtained employment as an apprentice printer at the News. Spent Summer Here. He remained for the summer and then went home to Hutchinson be- cause his father was ill. Not long afterward he joined the Army. ‘The young soldier wrote his Wash- ington friend a few weeks ago and promised to see him this week end. He told Mr. Hammel that “some- thing is in the wind.” “We grew up together out in Hutchinson,” Mr. Hammel said. |into service, Nazis Claim Sinking 0f 12 More Ships Off U. S. and Canada 6 Big Tankers Declared In Toll;. Total of 30 In All Reported (This' dispatch was sent from an enemy country, whose motive in re- leasing news is apt to be propaganda. Axis claims should be credited only when confirmed by American or Allied ‘sources.) By the Associated Press. BERLIN (From German Broad- casts) Jan. 27.—A special an- nouncement from Adolf Hitler's headquarters today said German submarines had sunk 12 more merchant ships aggregating 103,- 000 tons off the United States and Canadian coasts. (This followed a declaration of the German high command Sat- urday that U-boats had sunk 18 merchantment totaling 125,- 000 tons, and two naval units, and had torpedoed another ship and an escort vessel in North American waters. (Torpedoing of the 8016-ton ore carrier Venore off the North Carolina coast was announced by the United States Navv ves- terday. She was the seventh ves- sel reported attacked in United States waters.) Six large tankers were reported by the high command to make up half of the dozen vessels encom- passed by the second report. “In these attacks a U-boat com- manded by Lt. Comdr. Zatt was particularly successful,” the com- MILBURN HENKE, ~—A. P. Photo. town of less than 4,000, was a busy place today, with friends, customers and just plain curious folks dror- ping in to see the man whose son was the first Americen private sol- dier to land on European soil in the present war. And Carl—German born—was happy about the whole thing. His| restaurant, where his son was a working partner until he was ealled reflected that pride. There was 2 star in the window; Washington and Lincoln's pictures | were on the walls. It all was in honor of Milburn Henry Henke, first class private, who | followed Maj. Gen. Russell H. Hartle | down the gangplank of an American Army transport in Northern Ireland | munique said. “Since their first ap- | pearance off the western shores of the Atlantic, reported January 24, our U-boats have sunk 30 enemy | merchant ships aggregating 228,000 | yesterday. On Januery 13 Milburn dropped his father a rather mysterious line. It read: “I can't say where I am, or where | we are going. Don't worry, I'll write ! as soon as I get a chance.” | He sent his girl friend, Iola Chris- tenson of Hutchinson, a note to the same effect. Yesterday, the War Depertment settled the enigma It announced that Milburn had led the vanguard of American sol- | “Milburn is 23 and I'm 22 and I was a year behind him in school It is good to learn of his where- abouts, but naturally I'm a little bit worried about him.” HUTCHINSON. Minn., Jan. 27 (/) —Carl Henke's restaurant, in this| 1. | | diers in disembarking. Carl Henke, the soldier's father, | was brought to Hutchinson from Strasburg, Germnay, when he was |a year end a half old. His father, | William Henke, was killed in the tons.” =Henry-J: Platt, Ex-Employe \Of Engraving Bureau, Dies | Henry John Platt, 82, of 2710 Minnesota avenue SE, stricken {with a heart ailment while on a downtown street, died yesterday. A native of New York City, Mr. Platt went to Chicago, where he was employed by the American Bank | Note Co. A plate printer by trade, he came here about 1900 and worked at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. For the last 15 years, he has been with the Gray Line Sight- seeing Co. He is survived by two sons, Harry World War while fighting on the American side against Germany. 'Gen. Hartle Won Nickname ‘Qf ‘Scrappy’ in Philippines The Marylander who commands |the first American Expeditionary | ment. Force to Europe in World War II is one of the Army’s youngest major generals at the age of 52 and is known as “Scrappy.” Russell P. Hartle won the nick- name as a second lieutenant in the Philippines back in 1910, years after hostilities had ceased. The Army, however, “was “having some tough engagements on baseball diamonds, and “Scrappy” Hartle was in the thick of things. The general'’s friends in Washing- | ton recall him as a fighting second | baseman for his outfit in the Philip- | pines. | A stocky, active man who com- | bined vigor and determination with | a quiet temperament, “Scrappy”| Hartle lived up to his nickname | through a distinguished military | career. | The commander of the American | troops which landed in North Ire-| land yesterday is a native of Chews- ville, Md. He was graduated from St. John’s College at Annapolis in | 1910, when St. John's was part of the University of Maryland. Soon after graduation he was ap- pointed a second lieutenant in the Army and assigned to duty in the Philippines. In less than three years Gen. Hartle advanced to his present rank from that of colonel in line with | the policy of the general staff in favoring officers who demonstrate qualities of leadership in posts of responsibility. . He was promoted to brigadier gen- eral in October of 1940 and was ad- vanced to the next higher grade less than three months ago after taking command of the 34th Di- vision, composed of Iowa, Minne- sota and North and South Dakota troops. Whether any part of this National Guard division was in- cluded among troops under Gen. J. and Walter Platt, and three | daughters, Mrs. Dorothea E. Smith, | Mrs. Katie Fowler and Mrs. Julia A. Bunton. Barney Platt, a brother, and a sister, Mrs. Peter Meyers of Chicago, also survive. Services will be held at 1 pm. Thursday at Chambers' funeral home, 517 Eleventh street SE., with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery. Albert E. Harris Ends not revealed by the War Depart- Gen. Harjle's career includes service in Puerto Rico and in France during the first World War. He was sent to the Philippines a sec- | ond time after his graduation from 46 Years’ U. S. Service the War College here in 1930. battalion was ordered to Shanghai| Albert Edwards Harris retired in 1931 and he was present when ' from Government service on his 70th hostilities began there with the pirthday anniversary today after “China incident.” Fhasys g served in the Agriculture On his return to the States, h"Depanmem for 46 years. took advanced courses at the Naval| ~ ) "y 1act 20 vears, Mr. Harris War College and in 130 was detalled | ny5 peen chief of the meat inspec- to Puerto Rico. More recently he tion records in the Bureau of Ani commanded the 34th Infantry Di- ma) Hysbandry. He entered the de- wislong st Chinps Giathorne, | Ea- partment service in Chicago, trans- Gen. Hartle’s wife, the former | ferred to the agriculture office in Lucille Clark of St Joseph. Mo. |} oyieville five years later and in ;htl);l;vhehmarfled ":i:;nh’;:eacs‘;y | 1906 received his Washington as- . is recupera - | : . ewark, vere cold at Walter Reed Hospital, | neament. He was bam in N Mrs. Hartle leamed of her hus- | Eighteen members of his family band’s whereabouts as a result of & | g} honor him at a dinner at his radio broadcast heard yesterday bY | nome. 4014 Third street N.W. He the general's sister. Mrs. Ellis G.|and Mrs. Harris have three chil- Hoover of Hagerstown, Md. Gen. | dren and 10 grandchildren. Hartle has two other sisters and two f S T brothers living in Hagerstown. i . - . Mrs. Hartle last saw her husband | Senator Bridges in Hospital about three weeks ago and had no BOSTON, Jan. 27 (#).—Senator idea of his whereabouts until she re- | Bridges, Republican, of New Hamp- ceived a telephone call from her shire was confined today in the R e Phillips House of the Massachusetts S General Hoepital. He recently suf- Students at La Plata fered a sacroiliac injury. 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