Evening star., 1940-11-26

Nearly all OF Ine ol washington
selectees who will be inducted here
! tomorrow and Thursday for one
year Of military training believe the
experience will be of value to them
when they return to civilian life.
All but three are volunteers. Many
expressed the hope they would be
able to get mechanical training of
some sort during the training pc
riod. Others declared they wanted
to get the training over with be-
fore they become established in q
permanent job. :.
To get a cross-section of the re-
action of these young men to the
military service that, lies ahead. The
Star interviewed number of them.
Thinks 1t Will Do Him Good.
Il thought the training would
do me good. and I felt I'd like to
learn a trade" said Daniel Roberts,
81, 1924 w street Sc, in volunteer
ing in Board Area No. a. Now EN-
ployed in the office of an Alexandria
tVa) construction firm, he hopes to
obtain instruction in some branch
Of mechanics. He attended Eastern
and Central Hfeh Schools here, but
graduated from Highland Park, nlI
High School. He hopes to go to
college later. h.. e, - .i.,.-...
Harry Iacone, 20, 2sI, Monroe
street NE. also was thinking of
mechanics when he volunteered in
Board Area No 90 Now a carpen-
ters helper at the new Naval Hos
pital, Bethesda, Md, he hopes to
get try at something mechanical"
in the Army. He was born in Brock
ton. Mass. and attended high school
in Philadelphia, Pa. .,.-,
Wants to Be Officer.
Hope of getting into an officers
school spurred Albert L. Sawyer of
1917 Pennsylvania avenue Sc. to
volunteer. Mr.. Sawyer. %, said he
was unemployed right now and had
no dependents other than his wife,
who, he said, is Government en-
ploye He said he has been in the
District about six months, coming
from Baltimore.
Mr.. Sawyer has had three years
in the National Guard and would
like to get into the Army Air Corps,
although he doesn't think he will be
able to. He is from Draft Area Is.
Unable to get into the Army Air
Corps, Chester j. Handler, ,21, VOL
unteered for service in the new con-
scription army His medical ex-
animation proved his eyesight was
good enough for foot soldier so
he is ready to go next Wednesday.
A native of Maiden, Mass, he lives
at 616 Rittenhouse street NV. with
his family. His father, James
Handler, works at the Government
Printing Ofice. Chester was un-
employed when the opportunity
came to volunteer. He had two
years at the University of Maryland,
where he completed the two years
of the basic R. o. T. C. course.
Wants to "Get It Over"
Warren Feldman is a volunteer
because he lust figured it would be
best to get it over with before got
too far in the interior decorating
business" He will be % in Decem-
Der and since his graduation from
the Abbott Art School has worked
in an interior decorating concern.
He's a native of Chambefsburg, Pa,
where his family lives. He has been
in Washington since 1886 and lives
at 1901 Hobart street NV.
Descendant of Conferedate cav
alrymail, Ernest J. STinsley, 81, of
1914 Biltmore street NV, volun-
teered from board No. 8, so he could
learn how to shoot gun. If war
never comes,p he said. Il would at
least know how to shoot gun after
my training" A stenographer for a
manufacturing chemistry concern,
Tinsley is a native of Roanoke; Va.
He came to Washington four years
ago and took a course at q business
school. -.f
Mother Gave Her Blessings.
'It is a duty to be fulfilled and my
mother. has given me her blessings"
was the comment of Andrew Can
delaria, "a. Of 1124 Twelfth street
NV, volunteer from board No. 13.
An elevator operator in the Civil
Service Building. Mr.. Candelaria
came here four months ago from El
Paso, Tex, where he was born. He
studied engineering at New Mexico
State College and would like to get
in the Engineer Corps. Not. in
terested in an Army career, however,
he would like to finish college and
teach upon leaving the service
C. Wesley Deans number was the
4,000th drawn, so, rather than wait
for the draft, he volunteered from
Board Area No. 7. A native of Wash
ington, he was graduated from
Shenandoah, Military Academy,
where he was an end on. the foot
ball team and q track man, He