Evening star., 1941-04-18
First D. T.. SeIectee
Appeals Draft Status
To White House
John D. Ashmore Offers
Aid to Wife's Family
As Basis of PIeu

John Durent Ashmore, 30-year-
old registrant at Draft Board No. Z,
today became the first Washingto-
nian to appeal his selective service
classification to President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Ashmore said he aids in the
support of his wife's family.
A second registrant, Walter Van
Cleve, at Board No. %, noted his
intention to appeal to the White
House and is expected to sign formal
papers within the next few days.
Mr.. Ashmore, assistant manager
of touring service at 261 Constitu-
ton avenue NV, was given Glass
III deferment by his local board.
His case was taken before the Board
of Appeals by Government Appeal
Agent Elwood Seal, former corpora
ton counsel for the District, and the
appellate body voted. to 2, to over
rule the local board decision and
give Mr.. Ashmore Glass Ia rating.
Wife Is d. C. Employe.
Mr.. Ashmore signed his White
House appeal request today, 10 days
after the Appeals Board handed
down its ruling.
The local board, it was understood,
originally placed Mr.. Ashmore in
Glass la, but changed the classif-
cation when the registrant appeared
before the board with additional in
formation on his dependency status.
Mrs. Ashmore is an employe at the
Bureau of Vehicles and Traffic of the
District.
The Board of Appeals declared Mr..
Ashmore available for immediate
military service, 1t was understood,
on the grounds that the selective
service regulations conflne the de-
pendency provisions to a registrant's s
immediate family.
The Ashmores live at 81 Hawaii
avenue NE.
Van Cleve Appealed His Rating.
Mr.. Van Cleve, Is, clerk at the
Census Bureau. appealed for class
rating after Board % placed him
in class Ia. The Board of Ap-
peals upheld the local board ruling
by a vote of 6 to l last week Mr..
Van Cleve appealed on the grounds
of dependency of his wife.
+ Meanwhile, appeals board decis-
ions in 10 new cases announced
today upheld local boards in six
instances, deferred appellants in
two others and returned the re-
manning two cases for additional
information.
Registrants whose appeals from
class IA classiflcations were denied
were Mack Perry Knowles, "a, sales
man, Board No. "a; Edward Walter
Baird, %, grocery clerk, Board No.
"a: 10y Edgar Dellinger, IS, an as.
sistant clerk, Board No. 10; Law
renee James Simmons, 81, junior
attorney, board No. 2; Isaac Itsok
Murov, %, messenger, Board No. "a,
and Conrad Eugene Grohs, 80, en-
gineer, Board No. 20.
Others Get Deferment.
Decisions were unanimous except
In the case of Mr.. Knowles, where
the vote was to /. The Appeals
Board asked that Mr.. Grohs be
given a 90-day deferment at the
request of the Navy Department.
Irving Valentine Tillett, %, an
apprentice machinist at the Navy
Yard, was deferred to Glass II by
the appellate body at the request of
the Navy Department. Board No. 23
had given him a class la rating.
A Glass III deferment was granted
Curtis Royal, %, dispatcher, who
had been classed IA by Board No.
23. The decisions were unanimous.
Gases returned to local boards for
additional information were those
of Isaac T. Cohen, 20, a script writer,
Board No. "a, and Harry Austin
Pearson, rs, file clerk, Board No. IL.