Evening star., 1941-05-09
D. T.. Draft Board
Upheld on Appeals
In II Of Al Cases
26 Registronts Are
Kept in Class IA;
Others Win Deferment

Others Win Deferment
Opinions of local draft boards we're
upheld in q of Al regiStrant ap-
peals cases heard this week by the
/ District Board of Appeals, accord
ing to the decisions announced to-
day. One conscientious objector was
among the appellants.
TWenty-siX registrants we're kept
in class la by the Appeals Board
and one class 1-B, temporary stu
dent deferment. Twenty of the
26 had sought deferment on grounds
of dependency; three others had
claimed they were fit for only limited
service; two asked for occupational
deferments, and one claimed he had
completed his military service.
Six registrants who had been
classified by their local boards as
available for immediate military
service were granted deferments to
class 3 because of dependents.
Glass 2 ratings were given four
appellants who, the board decided,
are necessary In their present occu-
| pationS.
Two Denied as Premature.
One registrant who had appealed
| for a class 4-F deferment was put
in class 1-B as fit for limited serv-
ice only. Cases of two registrants
who were appealing from class 1-B
rating to another deferment status
were denied consideration by the
board, in accordance with regula-
tions, as the appeals were prema-
| ture.
The conscientious objector was
Harry Lionel Kadet, %, of Board
| No. 4, listed as clerk. His case
was referred to the United States
district attorneys Office in accord
ance with draft regulations
Registrants deferred because of
dependents included William Earl
Wynne, 26, Board No. 7, an assistant
supervisor: Douglass Lorraine Mon
roe, 36, Board No. 6, file clerk:
James Forrest Virgins. 36. Board
No. IT, radio service employee;
Thomas Pinckney Kirby. IS, Board
No. 8, junior scientific aide in the
United States Geological Survey;
Isaac T. Cohen, 90, Board No. "a,
script writer, and Joseph Edwin Car
roll, 26, Board No. "a, foundry clip
per at the Navy Yard.
Registrars given deferments be-
cause of occupational necessity were
George Curtis Clark, %, Board No
II, stationary engineer with the
Potomac Electric Power Co.; John
Joseph Columbus, %, Board No 4,
War Department estimator; Ray
mond Spencer Titus, g. Board No
g. property clerk. and Raymond Lee
Kahn, "a, Board No. l, clerk at the
United States Court of Appeals.
Harry A. Pearson, "a, board No.
IL, file clerk, was given a l-B de-
ferment. He had appealed for a
class IV-F, total disability, rating.
STAYS in Student Glass.
Jack Klaben. %, board No. II. a
wrapper at the Government Print
ing Office, was kept in class I'D
(student) by unanimous vote He
had asked for a dependency defer
ment.
The cases of Melvin F. Miller and
Wilmer Reed Huff. both of whom
had been placed in class 1-B by
board No. 2, were declared prema-
ture.
Registrars whose Al status as
determined by their local boards
was sustained by the Board of Ap-
peals, the class to which they ap-
pealed, and the vote of the appellate
body were as follows:
Norman Theodore Almquist, %.
Board No. 9, manager of the book
keeping department of the American
Road Builders Association, class
III; Seymour Weinreb, %, Board
No. 9. furniture salesman, class III:
Daniel Thomas Doherty, 80, Board
No. 6, attorney, class III: Philip
Joseph Amato, 30, Board No. 6, a
clerk, class III; Rollin Webber. 26,
Board No. 2, musician, class IVA;
Arnold Philip Hurwitz, %, Board No.
g, personnel clerk, class 1-B; David
Reznlkot1, o. Board No, a. skilled
laborer, class III; John Adolph Iver-
son, IS, Board No. l, senior audit re-
viewer, class III.
Harold Walton Savage, 26, Board
No. 3, certified public accountant,
class III; Milton Hoffman, "a, Board
No. 4. Government clerk, class III;
Norman Greenberg. %, Board No. 8,
section chief at the Census Bureau,
class III; Edwin William Peterson.
rs. Board No. 8. Census Bureau
clerk, class III; Thomas George
Allen, %, Board No. "a, messenger,
class III; Thomas Andrew Prather,
21, Board No. "a, a machinist, class
III; Linwood Hampton McGinniss,
28, Board No. %, brakeman, class
II; Daniel Powell, 81, Board No. II,
a tavern employe. class III.
Samuel Lyle Worsham, 25, Board
No. 20, stock clerk. class III; Ralph
Michael Blaso, "a, Board No. II,
laundry employe, class III; Ruben
Baumel, Is, Board No. Is, grocer,
class III; Theodore Hobart Cohen,
"a, Board No. 13, general manager
OF Dime Transfer, class II; Clarence
Edward Upton, 80, Board No. l3,
mimeograph operator at the Bureau
OF Internal Revenue, class III; Wal
lace Matthew Rogerson, jr., 80,
Board No. II, technical adviser in
the Interior Department. class III.
Johnnie McFadden, 35, Board No.
9, storage company employe, class
III; George F. Donnella. "a. Board
No. %. material checker in the Dis
trict Highway Department., class III;
Othaniel w. Williams, %, Board
No. %. unemployed. class 1-B;