Evening star., 1940-10-24
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Draft Boards
Post Numbers
Reeistronts Listed
By Two Units in
Arlington County

Arlington County
-Four additional suburban draft
boards-Montgomery County Board
No, 8, Prince Georges County Board
No. 2 and the two boards in Airing
ton County-today posted the num-
bers Of their registrants.
The list posted by Montgomery
County Board No. at its Offices in
the Bethesda-Chev Chase Recrea-
tion Center contains 2871 names.
No. man on the list is Harry Dor
sey Mitchell of Chevy Chase. No
2.87l was drawn by Ralph Medinger
Lenz of West Chevy Chase
Prince Georges County Board No
2 posted its list at the Upper Marl-
boro Post Office shortly before noon
today, while the numbers of the two
draft boards in Arlington County
were made public this morning when
they were posted in the County
Courthouse.
Previously two other suburban
boards had made public their num-
bers. Montgomery County Board
No. !, the first group in the WASH
lngton area to complete this phase
of its work, announced its numbers
Monday. The Alexandria Board
posted its numbers at the Alexan-
dria Post Office yesterday.
David Heads Advisory Board.
simultaneously with the posting
of the Alexandria numbers, it was
announced that CORTLAND H. Davis
Alexandria attorney, had been
named head of an advisory board
which will assist the registrants in
that city in filling out the question
naires mailed to them by the Draft
Board.
Members of Mr.. Davis board will
sit in the Corporation Court room
from until 10 pm. each night dur
ing the first three weeks in No.
vember to advise registrants on the
proper methods of answering the
Questionnaires
vStNiAtSSAo wiz Will OCINC WILL
Mr.. Davis are Henry w. Anderson,
Norman Bernheimer, G. Anderton
Burke, jr.; J. r. F. Davis, Francis
H. Fannon, Urban S. Lambert, jr.;
j. Barton Phillips, William S. Snow
w. M. Topping, Franklin P. Back
us, Armistead L. Boothe, Frederick
L. Flynn, Irving M. Diener, Robin
son Moncure. Maurice D. Rosen-
berg, Earl R. Sullivan, Clarence
Wells, J. M. Barnhill, R. c. Brehaut,
Charles A. Davis, T. Reginald Dy-
son, Stanley M. King, Harmon E.
Norris, Richard L. Ruffner, Parke
E. Ticer, Marvin L. Wilson and Al
fred H. Collins.
1t. Col. Mills F. Neal director of
selective service in Virginia. today
said that local draft boards through
out the State have been asked to file
as of Saturday certificates stating
the number of registrants within
their jurisdiction.
Need for Speed Explained.
He said it is necessary that the
list be completed and mailed to Vir-
ginia headquarters by that day in
order for the State Office to make
the report for Virginia in time for
the national lottery at Washington
Tuesday.
Only four boards in the suburban
area have still to post their regis
trants' numbers.
Prince Georges Board No. l. with
headquarters in the County Service
Building at Hyattsville, will have
its numbers posted tonight, but
Prince Georges Board No. 3, located
in the Courthouse at Upper Marl-
boro, probably will not have its list
ready until late tomorrow or Satur-
day.
Montgomery County Board No. 2,
with Offices in Jesup Blair Com
munity House at Silver Spring, will
post its numbers tonight or early
tomorrow, while Fairfax County S
draft board is expected to post its
numbers sometime tomorrow.
Petrott to Serve Draft.
1t was announced by Gov. O'Conor
Of Maryland that Francis Petrott
Of Frederick, Secretary of State, has
volunteered to serve without pay as
Maryland's procurement officer to
the draft boards, and that the War
Department has accepted his offer.
Each State is entitled to a paid
procurement officer, Gov. OConor
explained. but Mr.. Petrott was in
terested in the work and offered
to do it without pay. He holds a
captains commission in the Re
serves,