SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1943 AKP.OV BEACON JOURNAL THIRTEEN A iThe Big Parade 1 Service Briefs Leary Says Sergeants Run Army, But Generals Help Too; Saw Air Force Grow By LOIS K. OWENS lnltr4 prH Staff Writer INDIANAPOLIS, April 24. "Just between us, you know it's Ohioans, Including Four Akron James H. Sharp, third class rail' ner's mate, was name on leave re cently after leaving Pearl Harbor. He visited his mother, Mrs.
Edwin I. Piatt of Rootstown, for 24 days Area Men, At Clemson College FOUR AKRON district men were among the 45 Ohioans who recently arrived on the Clemson college campus, Clemson, S. as members of the army air force 37th college training and has reported back for duty. On the U.S.S. Quincy when it was sunk.
Sharp served for seven months afterward on shore duty the sergeants who run the army," Master Sergt. Vernon G. Leary said, and he pulled out proof accumulated from his 38 years of military experience to prove it. "detachment at Pearl Harbor. I They are Hoyt D.
Douglas, Har II. D. "Duke" Vernotzy, son of old K. Dorman and Donovan F. King of Akron and Jerry L.
The 62-year-old veteran is in charge of supplies at Schoen Field at Fort Harrison after being sta- tioned at almost every army air-' port in the country and watching; the air forces grow from Jennies and De Havillands to P-38's and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vernotzy, 891 Hardesty has enlisted in the Hughes of Barberton. The men navy and gone to the Great Lakes naval training station. He has been assistant to the manager of the Palace theater and his father are now undergoing intensive training under the supervision of Commanding Officer Capt Giro V.
Medici De Solleni, former head of the department of romance lan I is employed in the county clerk's office. guages at Boston college. The Ohio boys are part of a con Promotion of Pvt. James P. Kel tingent of air corps prospects sent ley, S64 Seward to private to Clemson college after brief pre' first class in headquarters detach' B-17s.
Although he speaks of his generals in a respectful tone of voice, during his years in the army Leary has known most of them on a personal basis. One of his best memories Is of Brig. Gen. Howard K. Ramey, who was with Gen.
Douglas MacArthur in Australia. "Almost every week-end he'd ask me if I felt like flying. We were stationed at Boiling Field, Washington. We'd go to Virginia, where he would land in the front liminary training at Miami Beach, ment battery at the Fort Bragg, N. field artillery replacement Fla.
At Clemson the aircrew stu center has just been announced fdenta attend classes in English, by camp officers. I history, geography and physics of fered oy tne regular college fac Earl L. Spahr, son of Mr. and ulty, and are given a stiff routine of physical education instruction Mrs. M.
S. Spahr of Millersburg, has been honorably discharged oy tne Clemson coaching staff un from the army because of in Juries and illness and now is at der the direction of Head Coach Frank Howard, a regular guard the home of his parents. He served on the university of Alabama's in England and Scotland for sev. 1931 Rose Bowl football team. MEl'TENANT ZENO eral months and was in hospitals there and later at Lovell's general The students are living these hospital, Ayer, Mass.
days on the old plantation of Instructor Thomas Green Clemson, first U. S. Mr. and Mrs. Earl M.
Critch- commissioner of agriculture and field, 107 Oakwood Barberton yard of his girl's house in the country. Then I'd sit on the front porch drinking milk and eating cake while he courted. 'MISSING IN ACTION' "One day he told me he was going to marry her and invited me to the wedding. I only saw him a few times after that but I've kept track of his rise through newspaper clippings," LeHty said. He added, "This is the last clipping I have of him." It was General Mac Arthur's announcement that General Ramey was "missing In action." Leary stopped for a moment and then went on, "General MacArthur? Sure, I drove his car while he was chief of staff.
He's a real soldier and not by any act of one-time minister to Belgium. They are quartered in Clemson's have received word that their LIEUTENANT HINES Wins Wings Awarded the silver wings of the army air forces and a second lieutenant's cpmmission, W. E. Hines, was a member of the third class to graduate at Craig army air Selma, this year. Lieutenant Hines' parents live at 1123 N.
Main st SOERGEL PARKINS seventh and eighth barracks, less LAWYER COOPER son, Richard, serving in the Middle East, has been promoted to the rank of captain in the army than half a mile from Fort Hill, Assorted Sizes At Army Camps the stately home of John C. Calhoun, former U. S. vice president. air corps.
In December he was promoted to first lieutenant and In this instance, Mr, Little has to stand on a box to box Mr. Bit's ears if he wants to get Stationed at the V. S. naval reserve aviation base, ros.se Isle, Lieut. Charles V.
Zeno, U.S.N.R., of 10P2 Packard Instructs the naval aviation cadets in hand-to-hand combat and wrestling. Ho also coaches the varsity baseball team. In Akron, Lieutenant Zeno was athletic director of Lincoln school and cadet principal at Allen and Schumacher schools. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Zeno, 1110 W. Exchange st Free Ticlcets Do awarded the distinguished flying cross and cluster of oak leaves for bravery. Overseas for 17 months, Captain Critchfield is expected home on leave soon to visit Officer No Good even with him. However, they're good friends, medical replacement training center soldier trainers at Camp Barkeley, Tex. Meet Albin Soergel, 20, of Akron, 6 feet 6 inches, weight 222, and Robert B.
Parkins, 36, of City, N. 4 feet 10 inches, weight 85. Soergel is the son of Robert L. Soergel, Grant st, for many yeares editor of the old Akron Germania. Sergt.
Walter Lawver, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Lawver, 1294 Marcy was "stumped" when he met the high-altitude private, Wallace Cooper of Terre Haute, at the Jefferson Barracks, army air forces technical training command.
Cooper stands 6 feet 8 1-2 inches without his size 13 shoes. Sergeant Lawver measures only 5 feet 1 inch. congress. When he wanted to go his parents in Barberton and his wife and baby daughter, Sharon Anne, in Cincinnati. I somewhere, he wanted to go right now and by the shortest route." He has flown with Lieut.
Gen. Delos Emmons, who is In charge of the army at Hawaii. Leary thought Maj. Gen, Ira Eaker, head of the eighth U. S.
air force in England, one of the best fliers In the army. KNEW 'BILLY' MITCHELL I I IIEVENER JOHN The late Gen. William "Billy" Mitchell is one of the sergeant's Lieut Harold L. Barrett of Barberton admits that he likes the movies, but finds it difficult right now to attend them in Akron. The reason is that he is serving Uncle Sam in the Pacific area.
The Beacon Journal received an air mail letter from Lieutenant Barrett and pasted at the top was a clipping from our classified advertising pages which read: "Harold L. Barrett, 279 Robinson Barberton Free, two Colonial theater tickets for you. Just present this notice with proper identification to the Beacon Journal before April 1." Instead of coming home from the war to claim those tickets, Lieutenant Barrett wrote us as follows: "Wish your' ad was as easy to comply with as it appears, because it has been approximately seven months since I saw my last heroes. Leary was in charge of the boats used to rescue the gen eral's pilots when they were forced down In the Atlantic. Another story Leary likes to George James Bob Arthur Albert Ernest Jak Dewey tell Is about the time he flew with Leave For Navy Col.
Stanley Umpstead, who test Alcron District Brothers, Cousins Serving At Home, Overseas ed the huge B-19 bomber for the Father and sun, J. W. Ilevener, army. Baking Co. The third brother, Mr.
and Mrs. George Kirven, He Is in the ordnance department at Fort Lewis, Wash. "I told him I thought I heard a funny noise coming from the mo Bob, 20, is a private first class serving in the infantry in the Southwest Pacific. He joined the army in October, 1940, and reveived his training at Camp Shelby, Miss. At the time of his enlistment he was a North high school student.
Bob has been overseas a year. tor. Pretty soon it grew louder and there we were over mountains and miles from an airport. When we finally spotted a place to land, we set down in a hurry and the propeller fell to the ground." 2140 12th st. SW, who will be 46 on Tuesday, and John who will be 18 on May 1, are In the navy.
John, In his senior year at Kenmore high school, enlisted a week ago and goes to Great Lakes, 111. He was photographer on the Kenmore Cardinal, school paper. His father, who Berved in the navy in the first world war on the U.S.S. New Jersey, enlisted last November for foreign service and reported for duty Saturday. Hevener has been with the B.
F. Goodrich Co. and affiliates since 1919. structor at the San Antonio, pre-flight school. He is a Kent State university graduate.
His wife, Kathryn, and their four-month-old son, Arthur, live at 1186 Marcy st. Corporal Scarpitti has been in the service for 14 months. His brother, Albert 23, a sergeant, has seen 26 months of service, a year of it in the South Pacific. In the ordnance department, he trained at Camp Shelby. Ernest 22, also a sergeant, is married and has been in the army for six months.
MELVIN LICHTMAN Commissioned Graduated from officer candidate school at Fort Benning, and commissioned a second lieutenant, Melvin Litchman, 27, Is now stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga. A former Akron university football player, he recently was home on leave to Visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Lichtman, 1560 W. Exchange st 635 Albemarle Cuyahoga Falls, have three sons in the U. S. army. Their son George 28, a corporal, is In the signal corps, at present attending a special radio and telephone school in New York.
He was) inducted last May. James 21, is with the coast artillery in North Africa. Inducted last October, he received his training at Fort Eustis, Va. He attended North high school and was employed by the Kroger Grocery movie. "From a human interest standpoint, I would appreciate it, if at all possible, you could send the tickets to my parents, or give me a rain check.
"Best wishes, "Lieut. Harold L. Barrett. The tickets have been forwarded to the lieutenant's parents, Mr. Jack and Dewey Batchik are cousins.
Jack, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Batchik, 269 Inman enlisted in the navy last November and is now in the light-er-than-air division at the naval air station, Moffett Field, Cal. He is a Central high school graduate. Dewey enlisted in the navy last September and Is stationed at Bronson Field, Pensa-cola, Fla.
He Is the son of Joseph Batchik, 859 Berghoff st. BergeanJ. Leary is in charge of the air force supplies at Schoen Field. He's army all the way Also serving the flag are three Scarpitti brothers, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Patsy Scarpitti, 863 Gorge blvd. Corp. Arthur O. Scarpitti, 21, is physical in through, averaging 23 out of every 24 hours at the field. He even sleeps on a cot In his office.
and Mrs. Edward Barrett, of the Robinson av. address. i CUT. OIT AND MAIL TO A MAN OR WOMAN IN THE MILITARY SERVICE AKRON BEACON JOURNAL TS I LETTER FROM HOME PAGE ONE AKRON, OHIO, SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1943 VOL.
1 NO. 22 Dickson Hobster Prentice Sudler Piscotta Harris Goff Hanna Sailor Slaps Noisy Femme, Police Nod Uiiderstandingly By JANE RIEKER Enlists Before Pearl Harbor, Now Lieutenant In Army the Cleveland School of Em scnooi ai ori tuiey, i4.an. me brothers recently were home. THOUGH IT DIDN'T make Page One, the best story in the in October, 1938, and was commissioned a first lieutenant last March 27. At present he is stationed at Fort Hayes.
Lieutenant Harris is the brother of Mrs. Doris H. Donohoe, 204 Darrow rd. news this week, as far as we could make out, was the item which balming. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. H. Prentice, 1154 Kenmore he was connected with Prentice Co. funeral home.
He formerly was assistant scoutmaster of Boy Scout troop No. 211. leads us to believe there's only one way to deal with the un- natriotic in this country. Harold Hobster, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hobster, 3310 Manchester is serving under Maj. B. E. "Shorty" Fulton of Akron at an air base somewhere in Africa. Hobster is an air plane mechanic with the air forces.
i A sailor reported what happen he gave unselfishly to save his men on Guadalcanal: Last week he was posthumously awarded the ed to a fellow sailor one evening recently, locally. The other sailor was in a cafe, when a loud-mouthed woman boasted "I'm making Harold Sudler, serving in the army, recently was promoted from corporal to the grade of sergeant at Camp Lee, Va. Sergeant Sudler's wife Uvea at 1942 Honodle av. Lieut. George L.
Dickson, 22, South high school graduate, enlisted in the army in 1941 before Pearl Harbor. After three months in the engineer battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, he received his corporal's stripes. He later was chosen one of a group of men to form a cadre at Camp Gordon, where he was made staff sergeant in September, 1942. Because of his high I.Q. rating, Dickson, applied for officer training end when his outfit was sentr to Texas, he entered a tank destroyer school and was commissioned second lieutenant last April 1.
Lieutenant Dickson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben-amin Dickson, 1256 Edison st, and now is on duty at Camp Hood, Tex. An older brother, Benjamin, is a staff sergeant Stationed at Camp Lockett, now attending officer candidate Distinguished Service Cross by direction of the president, "for extraordinary heroism." Second War Loan drive in Sum more money than I ever made before and I hope this war lasts a long time." The sailor suggested that the woman didn't mean what Corp. William D.
Goff, 20, Is in the signal corps at Camp Crowder, Mo. A Central high school graduate, he is the son of Mrs. Guy O. Mount, 396 Allyn st. Before entering the army last Feb.
9 he was employed as an electrician at Goodyear Aircraft. P.F.C. Henry Hanna of Akron has been in the army since last September and has just finished radio school at Camp Campbell, Ky. His brother, William, who enlisted more than two years ago, is serving in the infantry overseas. she said.
Yes, she said, of course she mit county is 70 per cent on its way toward selling $19,500,000 in Joseph N. Prentice, 24, pharmacist's mate third class in the navy medical corps, Great Lakes, 111., left his wife and 10-day-old son, Joseph Nathaniel II, to enlist in July, 1942. His wife is the former Mae Hummel, graduate nurse of Peoples hospital. Prior to her marriage she was a nurse at Children's hospital. Mrs.
Prentice and the baby have been with her husband near the training station. Joseph was graduated from Kenmore high school and Pvt. Joseph Piscotta, 18, was inducted last March 10 and now is serving in the infantry at Fort Jackson, S. C. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Piscotta, 868 Lorain he studied art before entering the army. war bonds. Still going strong. meant it.
So the bluejacket clipped her one. Then when her escort swaggered to her rescue, the sailor Executed gave him the same treatment. Six dogs the big steak-a-day When police arrived, according to the other sailor eyewitness, the Archibald M. Harris, former Akronite, enlisted in the army type already have been executed by Dog Warden Charles Hamilton. They were victims of point ration ing.
And their owners had to sacrifice them or go hungry one who was handy with his mitts was taken away. A bit later the bruiser appeared in another cafe. When questioned by his fellow sailor, who was surprised to meet him again, the man whom the police took said they'd released him around the nearest corner and told him to enjoy Under the point rationing plan, as we've said before, butchers are Is. not allowed to give away or sell meat scraps without points. Clarence Hilton Toot! Now If they could just make Taximanager C.
L. Viering's newest brainstorm Into a law for all autos, rubber would be conserved like mad. Viering last week devised a special wiring for all of his City cabs, which starts the Ralph Paint Having made a little more room on the windshields of their cars for auto license stickers, Akron-ites are now told that they're liable to arrest if their 1942 tin plates are unreadable. So, b'gosh, drivers may now feel free to do their own art work on car plates. They may dab a bit of Willis Robert Boyd Ralph Jeaa Clevidence, King And Powers Brothers Form Fighting Teams This is Susan Hayward.
She appears here today courtesy of spring, which demands art of a girl, a grin and a bathing suit. Besides, she's good-looking. Three Clevidence brothers, dence, 30, eldest of nine brothers, was inducted into the army on horn honking the minute the speedometer passes the. 35 m-p-h preen paint on the numerals of P-38 pursuit planes. Robert has been in the army since March 4, 1942, and was at Pine Camp, N.
before going overseas. His wife, Grace, lives at Medina. marK. President H. S.
Firestone, sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Clevidence of Seville, are on duty In three branches of the service. P.F.C. Boyd R.
Clevi- the beaten-up old plates, and fol-! Detailed TRAGDEY came this week to sald hi8 comPany had done this to low that up filling new white paint into the background. the navy last Oct. 7 and now is In Ireland. He received his preliminary training at Great Lakes. The brothers are graduates of North high school.
Their brother-in-law, Sergt. Raymond A. Hilton, 25, is with the military police in England. In the army since April 21, 1942, he formerly was with the engineers. He has trained at Fort George G.
Meade, and St Camp Bland-ing, Fla. Sergeant Hilton's wife. Jewel, lives with her parents at 1006 Pitkin av. the Northeastern Ohio Breeders' simulate "to the greatest possible and Fanciers' association, meeting degree the manufacture of syn- V16 Kr! I thetic rubbr tot our war effort." which has a ifeslze plaster model Rubber Director William Jeffers fff0" t0 graCe th wm notified of the action a few president table. days ago Six Akron Men Attend School A 16-year-old Buchtel high school senior, Lois Ann Elmore, is top senior high school girl scholar In the state, the Ohio department of education reported this week.
March 31, 1942, and received his basic training at Fort Francis E. Warren, Wyo. After training at Stockton, at three camps in Texas and at Camp Stone-man, he now is in the Middle East. Ralph 25, a private first class, enlisted in the marines and was inducted last June 1. He trained at Parris Island, S.
and at Cherry Point, N. and later was given special training at Toledo. He is now at Santa Ana, Cal. Jean P. Clevidence, 20, enlisted in the navy last Sept 15 and had his boot training at Great Lakes, 111.
Then he was sent to Norfolk, and later to New Orleans, and now is stationed in the Canal Zone. He is a seaman second class. Furthermore, the honking continues until the taxi gets back to the garage or a mechanic is sent out to stop the wailing These are the times that try Akron cinder crews street repairmen spreading cinder surfacing are now working round-the-clock to fix up more than 400 miles of unpaved Akron streets. The 24-hour schedule makes for frequent pounding, roaring and Things like this make life hard for an honest newswriter: In a national magazine this week. Writer Vera Connolly listed as damaging evidence of child labor in Akron the fact that "An inexperienced boy of 15 was killed and another injured when they poured water into a steel drum that had contained rubber latex and put a Three Assigned To Radio School Among the new students most recently assigned to the army air forces technical training command's Chicago schools to receive training as radio operator-mechanics are three Akron district in en.
They are P.F.C. William F. Wenger, 20, son of Mrs. W. A.
Wenger, 870 Bloomfleld P.F.C. Walter M. Klotz, 19, of Copley, and P.F.C. Harold McMahon, son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. H. McMahon of Macedonia Wenger was graduated from Buchtel high school, Mot from Copley high and McMahon from Macedonia high. crunching at midnight to rouse the At the most recent meeting of For the next 16 weeks six Akron men will be students in the service school at the U. S.
naval training station. Great Lakes, 111., and upon completing the course they may be promoted to petty officer ratings as qualified specialists in their particular trade. The students and the course each is taking are as follow: Omer Q. Pursley, 24, of 2167 14th mctalsmith; Don Id E. Frost, 20, of 3627 Mong quartermaster; Page H.
Cottingham, 20, of R. D. 1, and Frank Caprioll, 20, of 11 Ambrose ct, gunner's mates: William R. Porta, 20, of 348 Malacca electrician's mate, and Kenneth C. Smith, 28, of 181 S.
Arlington st Fella we'd like to meet is the whimsical soul who, last week, stalled his car on a crossing Just as a train whizzed down the track. He Jumped out of the car, escaping Just in time, and went home to bed. He was soundly asleep a few hours when police, curious after examining the rolled-up car they found near the tracks, came to ask him what had happened. Willis "Woody" Powers, 23, is in the air corps at Colorado Springs, and his brother, Robert, 25, is with a tank battalion in New Caledonia. They are sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Powers, 1855 W. Market st. Both are Buchtel high school graduates and both were employed by the Falnawn Supply Coal Co. Willis entered the army on Feb.
18, 1942. He is a graduate of Sheppard Field, and Is assistant chief and mechanic. He specialized in dirt streets. Millhone wanted to emphasize a "Rhted match to the opening." She I point of order. He picked up the th wee employed Y'heard yet that Lieut.
Tommy gavel and whammed, looking the adjoining rubber factory Harmon is safe? Parachuted to while in another direction. There whcre th accident took place, and comparative safety in a South a crash a groan from the fcreanled tons her hair at the Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
King, 1006 Pitkin have two sons and a son-in-law in the service Clarence King, 22, enlisted in the coast guard on April 8, 1941, and has seen action in the Caribbean sea. Ralph, 24, enlisted in American Jungle after his plane Truth of the incident is that the ed his gavel down on the plaster model's tail, shattering it bevond i bo's foun1 the drum 111 went on the blink. His crew, though, is dead and missing. No word yjt from them. Postscript on the last chapter of Lieut.
Bill Schweikert's life, which ePa'r i Continued on ni pajt.
