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THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY. FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1943. SECTION 1 Dr. Gordon, Former U. of L.

Professor, Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Sri? feSj jft a fh 1' University, John L. Gates has been promoted to captain. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George D.

Gates, 3229 Kirby Avenue. Wearing the silver wings of a sergeant in the Army Air Forces, William S. Harrington has completed five weeks' training at the Army Air Forces Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Fla. Sergeant Harrington's home is at 2539 St. Xavier.

Pvt. James H. Gillock, son of Mr. and Mrs. William C.

Gillock, has arrived at Camp Polk for duty with the 11th Armored Division. Word that her son, Joseph L. ham, N. C. He has been commissioned a first lieutenant.

Earl Lacefield of Winchester, has been transferred from the reception center at Fort Thomas. to an Infantry regiment in Gilroy, Calif. A former employe of the L. Pvt. Herman A.

Toole, son of Mrs. Robert Toole, 579 Phillips Lane, is now stationed at Van Buren, Ark. Private Toole enlisted last November. Pvt. Tucker, son of Mrs.

Ruby Tucker, 1621 S. 1st, is attending the Motor Mechanics School at Fort Benning. Georgia. Prenarine to learn deeD sea McCauley, Sturgis, Ky. Captain Gregory, a graduate of Wheat-croft High School, entered the service in December, 1940, and began his training as an air cadet at Love Field, Texas.

He served as an instructor at Kelley Field in Texas and is now stationed at Barksdale Field, Shreveport, La. Francis Burgen Farris, 23, aviation machinist's mate, first class, who has been promoted for outstanding service on Guadalcanal, was cited for "repairing and rearming the squadron's planes under the most difficult circumstances, in complete disregard of his own personal safety." He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Farris, Broadhead, Ky. Promotion of Clarence S.

Freeman from captain to major has Ex-Louisvillian Is Prisoner In Philippines Dr. Harold Gordon, a professor at the University of Louisville's School of Medicine before he entered the Army last June, has been promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. He is assigned to the base hospital at Camp Lee, Virginia. Born in 1894 in South Africa, Dr. Gordon attended Edinburgh University and was graduated xiOiu Toronto University.

He taught for seven years at the University of Michigan, leaving there in 1935 to join the Louisville staff. Second Lieut. Andrew Bryant, 43, former Louisvillian previously reported as missing, "is a prisoner of war of the Japanese Government in the Philippines," the War Department has notified his sister, Mrs. Betty Thresher, 2407 Montgomery. A World War veteran, Lieutenant Bryant has Deen in the Army ever since except for a two-year period.

He was at Corregidor when it fell, Mrs. Thresher said. He served six years in Hawaii and about twelve in the Philippines where he was stationed when war broke out. Another sister, Mrs. Emma Allen, lives at Home, Ind.

Pfc. Earl Owen Thresher, 21, Mrs. Thresher's son, was killed in action in the Solomons, September 26. As an indirect result of a training course in photography taken in 1930 when he was an assistant scoutmaster in Detroit, Warner G. Simmons, formerly of Carrollton, has qualified as a Navy photographer, third class petty officer.

Now caving as part of his Navy training at Norfolk, Kenneth P. Patterson, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.

Patterson, 2301 Boiling. Promoted to the grade of sergeant, Joseph M. Epley is stationed at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. His mother, Mrs. Josephine Epley, lives at 918 Reasor.

Pvt. Raymond G. liecier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lcezer, 1818 Colgan, is now an instructor in aircraft technical training at Keesler Field, Biloxi.

Miss. Mrs. Lillie M. Leezer, his wife, lives at Buy War Stamps Thorpe man Stultz joined the Navy February 24, 1942. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. William N. Stultz, 2143 Rowan. Two brothers, Sergt. Donald D.

Black, 21, and Pvt. Neville R. Black, 19, who have been stationed together at Jackson Air Base, Jackson, were separated a few days ago when Pvt. Black was transferred to Turner Field, Albany, Ga. Sergt.

Black is a dispatcher at the Jackson Army Air Forces Specialized Flying School. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Black, 1030 W. Market.

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Capt. David Gregory to Miss Lolly McCauley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. O.

Leibschutz J. Baxter Farris 1823 Osage. Leroy C. Leeier, a brother, was recently promoted to technician corporal in Hawaii. Corporal Leezer's wife.

Mrs. Hazel Leezer, lives 213 W. Adair. Nine Kentucky boys will start the New Year as naval recruits at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Illinois They are Ollie J. Burrows, 30, husband cf Mrs.

Rosa D. Burrows, Route 1. Pendleton, Billy Consleton F.wen, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.

Davis Ewen. Slade, James Allen Chancy. 18. son of Mr. and Mrs.

Walter S. Chaney. Route 1. Hardyville, Claude Emmett Fisher, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Robert E. Fisher, Lyons. John Allen Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs John W. Parker, Magnolia, Harold Paul O'Bryan.

20. sen cf Mr. and Mrs. Ramey Bryan, New Hope, James William Riddle, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Beily Biddle, Paynesville, Paul Lee Tinnell, 22, husband cf Mrs. Alice Marie Tinnell. Coral Ridge, and George Walton McCubbins, 13, son of Mrs. Jess H. McCubbins, Route 2, Bards-town, Ky.

Corp. Carl J. Adams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius J.

Adams. 624 S. 2d, has been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He is a member of the Infantry division at Camp Breckinridge, Ky. With The Saving HI 4m I 1 New Year's Greetings, Folks 1 Blue Boar wishes everyone of you the best of everything during 1943.

Your splendid loyalty and patronage -in the Vm4 Simmons Freeman officers to receive promotion, Mary Anita Bordeaux, Negro recruiting officer for the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in the Sixth Service Command, has been promoted to the rank of second officer. Miss Bordeaux is a resident of Louisville. Employed in the circulation department of The Courier-Journal for twenty years before going into the Army, Pvt. Ben Leibschutz is stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas. His mother is Mrs.

Rosa Leibschutz, 305 S. Preston. William John Stultz, 24, seaman second class, has completed basic training at the Submarine School, New London, Conn. Sea Toole Pace Fire Destroys Seven Buildings At Edmonton Special ts The Conrier-Journal. Edmonton, Dec.

31. Fire which struck Edmonton's business section Tuesday night caused damage estimated today by A. J. Dalton, tuneral director, at to $40,000. Dalton said the blaze of undetermined origin started in the basement of a two-story frame structure occupied by Carl Van-zant's grocery.

That structure, two adjoining buildings, a two-story frame housing a 5 and 10-cent store owned by Vanzant and another building occupied by E. C. Pul-liam's restaurant and Vaughan Coleman's barber shop, were destroyed. The Peoples State Bank building across the street was damaged. Rain aided volunteer fire fighters in bringing the blaze under control.

Telephone service was cut off and the town sent a messenger to Glasgow for aid. Glasgow firemen arrived about the time the blaze was brought under control. "The rain was all that saved the town," Dalton said. Friend of Late Kaher Named Denaturalization Defendant past is deeply appreciated and we promise to continue to offer you the best food ONLY at the lowest prices ALWAYS. JT For your convenience, both Blue Boars will Til be open today and we'll be expecting you and your family for a delicious New Year dinner.

Resolutions Circulated Among Fighting Men As the United States observes its second New Year's Day in World War II, the nation's fighting men are confronted by mighty tasks. Many men will go into battle before the next New Year's Day is observed and upon them depend in fullest measure the future welfare of the nation. -u Trenton, N. Dec. 31 (JP) Capt.

William Drechsel, identi fied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a close friend of the late Kaiser Wilhelm II and former operating manager forhe merged Hamburg-American and North German Lloyd steamship lines, was named a defendant today in denaturalization proceedings filed in United States district court. The papers were filed by U. S. Attorney Charles E. Phillips.

E. E. Conroy, New Jersey F.B.I, chief, said Drechsel, 63, a resident of West Englewood, at one time had financial interest' in the Oceanic Service, Inc. Conroy said that was one of the concerns which contracted to supply guards for the S. S.

Nor-mandie when was being converted for the U. S. Navy. The Normandie burned at its New York pier. Allegiance to Hitler Told.

Conroy stated Drechsel admitted he was at one time a 4 i aa i 5 -I 518 South 4th St Stultz A. Baxter at the Naval Air Station, Pensa-cola, he has found his civilian experience in aerial photography quite useful since his enlistment as a naval photographer last August. Upon his graduation January 31, he will be sent on active sea duty. Somewhere in England for the last two and a half months, Pfc. James S.

Baxter, 24, is a member of the Signal Corps. A brother, Master Sergt. Allen T. Baxter, 22, is attending an advanced radio school in Lexington, Ky. Sons of Mrs.

Catherine Baxter, 2514 Osage, they enlisted last May within four days of each other. Among the first Waac third N. Black D. Black 4. I will not disclose military information by loose talk.

5. I will take the best possible care of my Army clothing, equipment and vehicles so that all will render the greatest service to our cause. Sacrifices Pledged. 6. I will glady make the same sacrifices as civilians and will cooperate in the rationing of sugar, coffee and gasoline.

7. I will buy more War Bonds. 8. I will write home at least once a week. 9.

I will give my religion more serious attention. 10. I will not shirk my small responsibilities even as I do not shirk large ones, because the well-being and security of my comrades often depend on small details. 1913 Welcomed Early By Islands of Pacific Auckland, N. Jan.

1, 1943 (U.R) The new year flashed across the international dateline today to United States forces in the far Pacific while people in the Eastern United States were going to work yesterday and those in the West were still asleep. January 1, 1943, came to the British Tonga or Friendly Islands at 6:40 ajn. today Louisville time. Twenty minutes later it was January 1 in the Fiji, Gilbert and Ellice Islands and at 7:30 a.m. the new year reached here.

Mm FULL SIZE REVERSIBLE COMFORTER USS 2 -A WW The following resolutions, by 8n individual member of the 8th Armored Division, Fort Knox, were being circulated at the army post as an aid to others in facing courageously the year and the work ahead. Resolutions Listed. 1. I will work even harder at my military career than I did at my civilian, realizing that only thus can I speed victory for our Nation end our Allies. 2.

I will conduct myself always as a good soldier, remembering that any misbehavior on my part will reflect not on me alone but on the entire Armed Forces. 3. I will learne today in order to live tomorrow, keeping in mind that all training is preparation for battle. Legislators In Army To Get 'Separation' Washington, Dec. 31 OP) Secretary of War Stimson said today that no Army officers or men who are members of State Legislatures would be given furloughs to attend legislative sessions.

The department, however, will permit a man to be "honorably separated from the service to attend to his legislative duties," he added. Stimson explained there had been a long-time policy against issuing extended furloughs for any reason except an emergency. In wartime, he said, this policy must be adhered- to. Wc Present 60 New 1943 Quality Pace, has graduated as an aerial gunner at the Harlingen Army Gunnery School in Texas and is now a sergeant has been received by Mrs. Rebecca i.

Pace, Hop-kinsville, Ky. Stationed at Pearl Harbor for the last seven months, Guy H. Thorpe, 21, yeomaa third class, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard G.

Thorpe, 2024 Violet Court. Another son, rvt. Richard F. Thorpe, 31, is at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. A recent graduate of the clerical department of the Armored Force School, Fort Knox, is Pvt.

Charles P. Hermann, son of Mrs. J. A. Rieder, Route 2, Jefferson-town, Ky.

Pfc. Harold L. Tandy, 827 Brook, has reported to the Armored Force School communication department at Fort Knox. Diplomas were awarded the following Kentucky graduates of the communication department of the Armored Force School at Fort Knox: Pvt. Michael J.

O'Hare, son of Mr. William P. O'Hare, 320 N. 18th; Pvt. Adrian A.

Skees, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Skees, Elizabeth town, Pvt. Noel H. son of Mr.

and Mrs. Houston Long, Stamping Ground, and Pvt. Edward D. Fisk, whose wife, Mrs. Olive B.

Fisk, lives at 2040 Sherwood. Vice president and assistant trust officer of the United States Trust Company, Charles Preston Thomas, 36, 1289 Willow, leaves today for Duke University, Dur- BESTEN'S beauty Salon WILL BE OPEN SATURDAY, JAN. 2 Cslt JA 5231 for Appointment MINK 1 i V. it There's real economy 1 ko ir 1 1 THE MOST been announced by the public relations office at New Orleans, where Major Freeman is on duty. A native of LaGrange, Major Freeman had liveti in Louisville for ten years prior to reporting for service as a second lieutenant in February, 1941.

He was identified with the alcohol tax unit. Treasury Department, in Louisville, and lived at 4055 Richland Avenue, St. Matthews. After an eight-month stay in Ireland, Pfc. Frank Cuffe has arrived safely in North Africa, according to word received by his sister, Mrs.

Paul Muething, 1600 Olive. A brother, Pvt. Roxy Cuffe is stationed at Camp Barkeley, Texas. Sergt. Merle Probus, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Probus, 2208 Greenwood, is working on the Alcan Highway with U. S. troops in Canada. Word has been received that Pvt.

George R. Waters has reached Africa safely. His wife, Anne Belle Waters, lives at 4500 Park Boulevard. An executive officer in the First Administration School at member of the Nazi Party" and owed allegiance to Adolf Hitler. The F.B.I.

chief said "Capt. Alexander Theodor Willy Drechsel" was well known in shipping circles both here and abroad and commanded a German submarine during World and that his technical knowledge frequently was utilized by Germans during the years when' the German merchant marine and navy were being expanded. After the U. S. Treasury closed Hapag-Lloyd Lines' offices in this country, Conroy added, Drechsel continued to operate, on behalf of Germany, an organization for dispensing financial and material benefits for interned seamen and war prisoners.

He said Drechsel was born in Koelzchbroda, Germany, and became a United States citizen on May 10, 1938. In 1941 he completed forty years of service with thv North German Lloyd Company. Kentucky AND SABLE-BLENDED I A January Sale Special! to help mniiE unnm frieiidsi $7.9, fWf7 Our Annual Store-Wide January Clearance Sale STARTS TOMORROW, January 2nd Important Reductions On Fall and Winter Merchandise 6-POUNDS OF WARMTH LUT lay no OF COTTON FELT It1 wna lirtt rymm tm44hf mm4 i-nti-wWi a titky. tm rmm 9witm Tff wrtf mm4 MM mfr Pay Only $1.25 Weekly PLUS 10 FEDERAL TAX 1 WANTED PELT OF THE 1942-1943 SEASON! in buying a fur coat particularly a "Guild-Craft SATURDAY STORE HOURS 1C A.M. TILL 9 P.M.

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