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i Buy Defense STAMPS and STAMP Out the Axis a&fcswra id FUGHTIN© MElP Col. James H. Wallace, 38. holder of both American and British Dis tinguished Flying Crosse, has re turned from 18 months of duty in England and Is to be stationed with the Air Forces in Washing ton, his mother, Mrs. James K. Wallace. 1332 Monroe street N.E.. said yesterday. Mrs. Nelson A. Hillock, jr„ 4428 Brandywine street N.W., just re ceived the Air Medal her husband. Tech. Sergt. Hillock, was awarded in December. Since then he has won two Oak Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal for bomber combat mis sions over enemy-occupied con tinental Europe. The 22-year-old radio gunner is a graduate of the University of Maryland. He has From America’s most distinguished designers comes our greatest collection of the finest in... n They're so filled with the spirit of a new season. They have shorter jackets, straighter skirts, very gentle tailoring, soft and delicate details. They make beautiful use of color contrast, have a constant wearability all the more effective because it is so pretty. -1210 F ST. N.W.—---...A. .A’.'**-i-L_ Store Hours: 9:38 6:00i, JJfprf.(t*p i£z3Q to 9:00 r^mm- 7 a 15-month-old child he has never seen, as he has ben based in Eng land for the past year and a half. Cadet Midshipman Warren N. Brady, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo D. Brady, 4815 Forty-third place N.W., re cently returned from overseas, will leave soon for the Mer chant Marine Academy at King's Point, Long Island, to continue ad vanced training there. A gradu ate of Woodrow Wilson High Warren Brady. School, Cadet Brady formerly was employed by Southern Dairies, Inc., in Washington. MARSHALL ISLANDS.—Souvenir hunting is the avocation of marines, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Parry Island, but there are some souvenirs which are definitely unwanted. Boatswain Jim Rivers. 2019 I street N.W., wasn’t content until he got rid of the souvenir a seaman brought back for him—an undischarged Japanese hand grenade. ROI ISLAND, Marshalls.—Comdr. H. S. Hoffman, 33, of 3316 Howard street N.W., who landed here six weeks ago with marines to take charge of the sanitation and health of the community, is responsible for one of the largest parts of Roi’s rehabilitation. According to an Associated Press dispatch, no doctor could face worse conditions. Dead Japs, also a con siderable number of dead American boys, lay thickly over the battle field. Every well, cistern and res ervoir on the is lands immedi ately was con demned. The marines quick ly built dis tillation plants which now produce suf ficient water for all. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND — Edward G. Edward Cominnore. Comingore, jr., 505 Second street N.E.; Huntley Hil liard, 133 Webster street N.W., and Harry Manvell of 1525 M street N.W., have completed the Navy V-12 program here. They have been or dered to report to Colgate Univer sity, Hamilton, N. Y., for preflight training. CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex.—Jess B. Hall, jr., 218 Twelfth street S.E.; Harry C. Baldwin, 505 Sixth street N.E.. and Stanley L. Caudle, 1439 Spring road N.W., received their pilots’ wings and were commis sioned second lieutenants in the Marine Corps at the Naval Air Training Station here. ENGLAND.—A troop of camou flage specialists, traveling in car nival fashion, is making the rounds of United States Army Engineer camps in England, giving camouflage in. pi mm, Upward Tur aon ,’nlOpfi (&a fcfrs. H. C. 2025 3§£gvebtwood, Green Focuses on Your Suit and Coat Displaying Aristocratic Furs Suits and coats nre the toast of the season. And with rich furs, as exquisite accents they make a dramatic display. Sketched are but a few from our collec tion for Easter and after. All -wool twill two-piece car digan you'll want to wear dur ing the coming months because it's so attractive. 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