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MINISTER F ALL {
. 7 D MAKE CLAIM
F 0 R EXEMPT TON
Pastor OF Dunkard Church
Valves Right To Claim
immunity
BOARD BELIEVES ACT
WAS UNINTENTIONAL
French May Go To France As
BricklayeY; Several Ex-
tensions Granted


Chairman Ewalt and Clerk Evans
of the local exemption board were
puzzled Tuesday over the answers in
Il questionnaire filed by Benjamin f.
Owens, a minister OF the Dunkard
faith, who filed out the portion Of
his questionnaire necessary to make
a claim for exemption from military
service owing to his calling and also
signed the waiver of deferred classi-
fication. The board cannot pass upon
this questiCnnaire until Rev Owens
appears and indicates to them which
of the two was his real intention
when he filed out the paper. but il is
presumed that he expected to claim
exemption.
Among the questionnaires passed
upon Monday was that OF Elmer A.
French, who asked for deferred class
iiication owing to the fact that he is
member of a religious sect opposed
to war. Frenchs claim, however,
does not prevent his being placed in
Il non-combatant division of the gov
ernment service and consequently he
was placed in Glass | with nota-
ton that he may be called as one Of
the bricklayers Knox county has
been requested to furnish for service
in France. French stated in his
questionnaire that he was an expert
bricklayer.
EXTENSION GRANTED
Although the period for the return
of questionnaires to the local board
by registrants expires Wednesday,
the beard has found il necessary to
grant extensions in many cases, some
being due to the necessity of mailing
the papers to registrants not now in
Knox county and in other cases the
impassable condition of the roads
has prevented the registrantsj mail
ing them back.
The following questionnaires We're
passed on by the board Monday:
Men with Dependent Wives-Clyde
w. Van Noorhis; Pearl Jewell, Archie
f. Beal, David Il. Mavis, Arthur w.
Blair, Clarence ID. Rine, w Guy
Moreland Robert *. Owen, Walter
II. Harmon, Almond Wolfe, Bud j.
.Beal Benjamin II. Osborn, Victor T..
Servais, Jr., Rene Mondron, Harrison
II. fIiclinbothan, Il. Bailey Eckman,
Paul d. Cranmer, Harry O. Phillips,
Charles NJ Paden, James l.. Dunham.
Cyrus H. Underhill, Thomas Hughett,
Harry c. Bennington, Roy l.. Hack
EFT, Sherwood f. Frances, George G.
Rummel, John Kelly, Earl A. Henry,
George NJ. Hickey, Samuel Vanatta,
owen C. Adelman, Lloyd II. Wagner,
Harold t. Bell, Charles +. Green, Lc-
roy b. Miesse, James Friend, John G.
Levering, Clarence d. Parker, Roy
Ewart, Frederick c. Hill, Charles X.
Sheedy, William NJ. Butler, Joseph
S. Brown.
Men without pependentsrVirtal
d. Prior, Fred W. Tracy, Harry l.,
Davidson, Clyde Biggs. Earl j.. Rine,
Adam Hanger, Walter Il. Busenberg,
Earl w. Parr, Herbert h. Spangler,
John w. Fry, Boyd ID. Boner George
w. Wright, George II. Cocoanour,
Earl r. Welker, Henry Pinchum,
Harry Taylor Wilfred o. Phillips,
Oscar Jacquet, Albert e. Williams,
Norman NJ. Hill, j. Edward Belt,
Lloyd Lepley, Jr., Joseph b. Lahmon,
c. II. Meltzer, Charles II. Gardner
: In the Military Seryice-Lewis f,
Popham.
Man with Dependent Parents-Ray
G. Allen, Allen Mcbride.
Glass Earl c. Burris, Miles Cul-
lison, Elmer A. French.