Evening star., 1941-02-10
Montgomery
SeIectees Off
For Training
Prince. Georges Also
Sends February
Quote to Comp

All but three of the Montgomery
and Prince Georges County contin-
gents of selectees who are to fill
the. February quota from nearby
Maryland were placed on trains this
morning for induction at Baltimore
Nineteen of the 81 men appeared
at the Jesup Blair Community
House in Silver Spring to receive
final instruction before entering
training for a year from the Board
No. Area in Montgomery. Twelve
men from Board No 8, embracing
Bethesda Chevy Chase area, also
gathered at the same time for de-
parture.
Among those leaving Silver
Spring we're two theological students
at the Washington Missionary Col
lege in Takoma Park, George Henry
Krauss, jr., and Martin Emil Bis
choff. Draft Board officials said
they would be given non-combat
duties.
Injuries Detain Two.
The two men from Board No. 2
who did not show up this morning
are recovering from injuries received
in traffic accidents. Charles Wheeler
of Kensington is confined to the
Washington Sanitarium in Takoma
Park, where he underwent a brain
operation, and Harold Roger Cook,
731 Easley street, Silver Spring, is
confined to his home following a
cerebral conclusion received in an
automobile accident several weeks
ago, according to draft board reports.
Officials of Prince Georges County
Draft Board No. l were investigating
the case of one selectee who failed
to appear this morning when the
contingent left Hyattsville
At Rockville, the 10 selectees' from
Draft Board No. l included Edward
Roberts johnson, 23-year- old son of
Walter johnson of Germantown,
former Washington pitching star,
and David Trundle, volunteer from
Ashton, who left his position as prin-
clpal of Glen Echo School to enter
the service.
Group Leaders Appointed.
No special ceremonies were heM at
Rockville. Chairman Stephen C.
Cromwell and Board Members A. r.
Selby and P. G. Lyon bade the men
farewell
Mr.. Trundle was designated group
leader and Roland Stanley of Rock
vile was named assistant leader
of the delegation.
Chairman Stephen James of Board
No. designated Eugene Luther Alb
bott, 5000 Oakford place. Silver
Spring, as leader of the selectees
from that board and Charles Omer
Murray, So ST. Paul street, Ken
sington, assistant leader.
Chairman James and Board Men,
Der H. E. Alamson wished the Sc
lectees good luck.
Billfolds donated by the American
Legion were presented to the men
of Draft Board No. by Warner E.
Humphrey, past commander of the
Henderson Smith -Edmonds Post of
Rockville, Md. and to the selectees
from Draft Board No. 3 by James
Blaine Fitzgerald. past State COM
mander. American Legion.
Selectees Given Billfolds.
The billfolds we're the gift of
Cissel-SaXon Post of Silver Spring,
the Takoma Park Post and the Be-
thesda-C Chevy Chase Post.
Mr.. Humphrey also presented the
selectees from Draft Board No.
with stationery kits donated by Cis-
Unit, American Legion
Auxiliary.
Kenneth Wilson King, 471O Chevy
Chase boulevard. Chevy Chase, Md,
was designated leader of the Be-
thesda- Chevy Chase group. The
men with him were brought to the
Silver Spring station in automobiles
by members of Montgomery County
Draft Board No after Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, who also is one of the men,
bers of the board, gave them a fare
well talk.
Fort Meade Awaits 1886.
At Fort George G. Meade officers
prepared today for the arrival of
1856 selectees from Maryland and
PENNSYLVANIA, the Associated Press
Arrivals expected today were l44
men from Baltimore, 146 from Pitts
burgh and IS from Harrisburg. To-
the center will receive 161
men from Pittsburgh and 165 Mary
landers.
Two new schools have opened at
Meade. one offering courses for bak-
e1s and cooks The other is a school
for junior officers Of the 29th Divi-
sion
Sergt. Joseph L. Jewell, Pvt. First
Class Clarence F. Jernigan and Pvt.
Alfred Ray of the Service Co., 115th
Infantry, Silver Spring, were among
those who entered the cooks and
bakers school. Pvt. (First Class
John E. Russell was detailed as an
instructor at the school.
From the same company Staff
Sergt. James R. Durham was de-
tailed to the Motor Mechanics
School at Camp Holabird, Baltimore.
Staff Sergt John E. Weisman and
Company Clerk Harry w. Case will
reroort todav IN headn1arterS of the