Evening star., 1942-02-16
i" Registration
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Coolidge High School, two OF the
woman registrars practiced first aid
| tying hand bandages on each other
Mobile Units Go On Calls. 70 :
In hospitals, IN police station-ceh
blocks and in the homes OF i'm
capacitated prospective registrants,
special registrars carried on the job
of enrolling all men eligible for this
registration. Mobile units attached
to the school registration centers
were dispatched on so calls during
the morning. At Gallinger Hospital,
registration was an all-day job.
Four colored prisoners spending
the day in cells in the second pre-
cinct were scheduled to be registered
this afternoon by the precinct COM
mander, Capt. jeremiah Sullivan.
They were coming in here and
going out so fast today" Capt. Sui
livan said, Il thought I better wait
till things get settled down before
registering the eligible ones. We
have about 10 prisoners here on
drunk and disorderly charges, but
only four come within the age
limits
Like all other precinct command
ers, Capt. Sullivan was sworn in as
the registrar to sign up the days
prisoners.
Father and Son Register.
A father and son registered at
Taft Junior High School this morn
ing and another father and son were
to sign up later today. william Nc
Call and William Mccall, jr., Of 3725
Twenty sixth street NE-the latter
registering with his former school
teacher, Miss M. H. Lippett-signed
this morning.
Tonight Capt. Gilbert Cole, A, of
the District Fire Department and
his 2l-year-old son, Gilbert Cole,
jr., both Of 1349 Franklin street
NE, will fill out their forms. Capt.
Cole, a member Of the American
Legion, served in the last war.
Between the alien registration and
the registration for selective service,
one Central American was COM
pletely confused. He walked into
The Star ONCE with q newspaper
clipping in his hand which explained
which aliens had to register.
Il went to register" he said, "and
they told me I didn't have to-
wasn't an enemy"
1t turned out that he had tried to
register at the City Post once, alien
registration center.
Refuses to Sign Gard.
At Stuart Junior High, a man re-
fused to sign his card. The registrar
simply made q notation on the card
leaving 1t to Selective service officials
to take appropriate action. The
card. it was explained, is void with
out the signature. The man gave nc
explanation for his refusal to sign.
Andy Mcbride, 20, son of Brig
Gen. Allen Mcbride, field artillery
chief Of Gen. Douglas Macarthur,
Philippine army, was one Of the
registrants at the Armory. He plans
to volunteer for Army service with
in the next week. Young Mcbride
native of San Antonio, Tex, il nv-
ing here with his mother at 213;
Tunlaw road NV. He was sradu-
ated from Woodrow Wilson High
School in 1899.
His father was chief Of stan OF
the Philippine department until the
war broke out. Since then, as CHIEF
Of field artillery, he has played ar
outstanding role in directing fierce
artillery rer1otance against the
japanese Oh Dataarl Peninsula.
Joseph Chang, . Chinese news
paper correspondent covering the
State Department, told fellow re.
porters he vas pretty mad that the
registration cards merely elassed
him as an oriental" and not Hor(
specifically - Z Cht011. 1e SAit