Evening star., 1940-10-12


draft in Maryland stood ready for
action today following the appoint
ment by President Roosevelt OF the
unpaid boards which will carry on
the work in the various communities
of the State.
Personnel of the boards was an
nounced by Gov. O'Conor.
In setting up the Maryland or
ganization the President named
three boards for both Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties.
Two of his appointees in the two
counties are within the draft age.
They are Sherman H. Hollings-
worth of Hyattsville, chosen as a
member of Draft Board No. for
Prince Georges, who is 81 years old,
and David E. Belts. 90, of Rockville,
appeal agent to Board No. 2 in
Montgomery. Several appointees
saw service in the last war.
To Be Permitted to Serve.
| It was said by Capt. Gareth N.
Brainerd, acting chief of the field
section at National Service Selec-
tive headquarters that appointees
| found to be within the consumption
age limits will be permitted to serve
on the boards as far as the national
organization is concerned.
He expressed the hope, however,
that no men of draft age would be
named to the boards, under the
general idea that mo man should
be in position to classify himself or
pass upon himself
Duties of the boards made public
by Gov. OConor will be identical
| to those of similar units in other
| States throughout the country and
they will carry out all of the details
incident to the draft after Wednes-
days work of registering men from
81 to 35 inclusive.
Registration cards filled out by
those who appear before officials
next Wednesday will be turned over
to the draft boards, which are
| charged with the task of assembling.
shuff1ing and numbering them in
preparation for the drawing of draft
NUMBERS In washington.
When the numbers to select
| draftees are drawn in the Capital
the cards of the Maryland boards
bearing similar numbers will be
taken from the files and draft ques-
tionnaires forwarded to the persons
registered under those cards.
Boards to Study Questionnaires.
Answers to the questionnaires will
serve as the basis upon which the
draftees will be chosen by the
boards. The appeal agents named
by President Roosevelt will handle
all appeals to the boards decisions
Gov. O'Conor recommended list
of physicians to serve with the
Maryland boards, but it was said in
| Annapolis that the list has not yet
! been approved formally.
Brief sketches of the appointees
to the boards in nearby Maryland
follow:
Montgomery Draft Board No. 1.
P. G. Ligon of Brinklow, Md, a
general contractor in Baltimore
with his brother, G. c. Ligon, and
owner of farm; born in Nelson
County, Va, and was graduated
from Virginia Polytechnic Institute
in engineering in 1904; engaged on
various engineering projects in diff
ferent parts of the country until
he moved to Brinklow in 1915: had
military training at v. P. l.: married
and has five children ranging from
II years to Charles H. Ligon, who
is % and in his third year at medical
school; is 81 years old and men,
ber of the Farmers Club of Sandy
Spring.
Stephen Cluskey Cromwell, jr., 43,
native and resident of Rockville, Md.
Now serving as director of the COM
pensation division of the Maryland
I'm EN- ployment Compensation
Board. Mr.. Cromwell has a back
ground of military service, business
experience and Government ad-
ministration. Graduating from the
University of Pennsylvania as this
country was entering the World
War, he enlisted in the Marine
Corps. then transferred to the Army
and entered the 3rd Officers Train
ing School at Camp Meade. He
reached France as a lieutenant.
After serving as Eastern sales
representative for Midwestern
manufacturing concern from 1919
to 1882, he directed Montgomery
County's program under the Civil
Works Administration and the
Maryland Emergency Relief Admin
istration from January, 1888, until
September, 1885, when he became
district director of w. P. A. for II
Maryland counties In 1887 he
joined the Unemployment Compen-
sation Board as executive secretary.
Mr.. Cromwell is the son of the late
Stephen Cluskey Cromwell, sr., for
many years member of The Stars
news staff. He Is married, has
three young children.
Augustus r. Selby, SO, lives at
Germantown and is the principal
owner of the Liberty Milling Co.
He is married and has one son who
is 80 years of age. and daughter
Mr.. Selby has lived in Germantown
for the past % years but was born
in Howard County. Md. where he
attended the public schools. He
is an elder of the Germantown
Presbyterian Church and a member
of the Rockville Rotary Club. He
is president of the Germantown
Bank, director of the City Building
and Loan Association, a member
of the Baltimore Chamber of Com
merce and Millers' National Fed
Grafton. He is past president of
the Pennsylvania Millers' Associa-
ton and treasurer of the American
Soft Wheat Millers' Association. He
is a 32nd degree Mason, a Knights
Templar and a noble in the Almas
Temple, Washington.
Montgomery County Board No. /
Appeal Agent.
David E. Belts, Upton street,
Rockville, Md, 20. ATTORNEY to the |