Evening star., 1940-09-21
.SitesAnnounced
For D. {. Draft
Registration
Commissioners Ask
Employees Be Given
Time OFF From Work
MAP Sho1Uing D. C. registration
precincts, Page A-2OJ

Disclosing the boundaries Of the
"a local draft board areas into which
the District has been divided in a
revised plan for handling the Oc-
tober Is registration, the Commits
sioners today issued proclamation
urging all local employers and resi-
dents affected by the draft to make
preparations for the registration.
The proclamation asked employers
to set up plans to give their en-
ployes sufficient time off in which
to register, and called on residents
subject to the act to famlliarize
themselves with regulations govern
ing the draft apd to comply with
them to the fullest extent.
The city heads urged all persons
referred to in the Presidents draft
proclamation of September Is. who
have permanent homes in the Dis
trict or who happen to be in Wash
ington on October IS, ito present
themselves for and submit to regis
tration" between the hours Of 7 a m.
and pm. on that day at designated
registration places.
The revamped draft plan. revealed
in map released by the Commis-
sioners. provides that two schools
will be used as registration places
in each of the "a draft board areas,
except in area No 20. where the
Taft Junior High School will be used
in a dual capacity, and in Nos, and
5, where Military road school will
be used for colored registrants in
both areas.
Al Schools to BE Used.
The new arrangements were ap-
proved late Thursday by the Com
missioners on recommendation of
Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox. COM
mander of the District National
Guard. who is Selective service eX-
ecutive for the District and Col. c.
A Dravo, adiutant general of the
guard. who is assistant selectlve
service executive. in cooperation
with national draft officials and
school authorities.
The Al schools to be used as regis
tration places we're announced as
follows:
District No. 1-Western High
School, Thirty-fifth and R streets
NV; Wormley School, Prospect
street between Thirty third and
Thirty fourth streets NV
District No. 2-Woodrow Wilson
High School, Nebraska avenue and
Chesapeake street NV, and the
Reno School at Howard and Fessen-
den streets NV.
District No. 3-Deal Junior High
School. Thirty eighth place and
Davenport street NV, and Chain
Bridge School, Chain Bridge road
between Conduit and Little Falls
roads.
District No. 4 Schools.
High School, Fifth and Tuckerman
streets NV. and Military Road
School, Military road near Bright
wood
District No. 5-Paul Junior High,
Eighth and Oglethorpe streets NV,
and the Military Road School, Mill
tary road near Brightwood.
District No. 6-MacFarland Junior
High. Iowa avenue and Webster
street NV, and Bruce School. Sher-
man avenue and Kenyon street NV.
District No. Powell Junior High,
Hiatt place and Park road NV.
and Monroe School. Columbia road
between Georgia and Sherman ave-
nues NV.
District No. 8-Adams School.
Nineteenth street and California
avenue NV, and Francis Junior
High, Twenty-fourth and NJ streets
NV.
District No. 9-Gordon Junior
High, Thirty fifth and T streets
NV, and the Stevens School,
Twenty-first between K and L
streets NV.
District No. 1U-H K. Cooke
School. Seventeenth street between
Euclid street ana Columbia road
NV, and Morgan School, Eighteenth
and Champlain streets NV.
District No ll-Central High
School, Thirteenth and Clifton
streets NV, and Harrison School,
Thirteenth and V streets NV.
Gage and Banneker Schools.
District No 12-Gage School.
| Second and U streets NV. and
Banneker School, Euclid street be-
tween Georgia ard Sherman ave-
nues NV.
District No. 13-Thomson School,
Twelfth and L streets NV, and
Cardoza School, Ninth street and
Rhode Island avenue NV.
District No. 14-NeW jefferson
Memorial High School. Seventh and
| H streets S.W.. and Ambush School,
l. street between Sixth and Seventh
streets S.W.
District No. 15-Hine Junior High,
Seventh and c streets Sc. ane
Randall Junior High, First and /
streets SW.
District No. 16-Buchanan School,
(See D. C. DRAFT, Page A-4J