Evening star., 1942-11-24
Board Rejects
19 OUT Of Il
Draft Appeals
; Other Dependency
Cases to Be Studied;
II Reclussified

Cases to Be Studied;
II RecIossified
The District Board of Appeals re-
jected 10 of % draft appeals on the
basis of dependents and returned
three such cases to local boards for
further study during the two-week
period ending November 13, the
board announced today.
In addition, the board turned
down. Is appeals for occupational
deferrnent, 10 of which claimed en-
ployment In war activities and
occupation in war-supporting jobs.
The board considered total of 56
cases. Appeals for change in classi-
fication were granted to only II per-
sons, while two instances of con-
scientious objector appeals were re-
ferred to the District attorneys Of
flee.
Welder's Appeal Upheld.
In the case of Bernard Epstein, 20,
junior physicist at the Bureau of
Standards, the board upheld his ap-
peal from la to 2-B. holding he
was engaged in war activity.
Similar action was taken in the
case of Abe S. Rasnek, "a, a welder
at the Bethlehem Fairfield Shipyard
in Baltimore and Gabriel Gordon,
81, employed as mill operator.
The appeal of Carl H. Argent, ir.,
also a welder at the yard, from la
to 2-B was rejected. He is 20 years
old. Four other appeals from IA
to 2-B we're turned down. They
were filed by John H. McCabe, q,
senior clerk in the Navy Depart
ment; George L. Boswell, 43. in
charge of a ward at st. Elizabeth's
Hospital William C. McCammant,
26, supervisor at the Navy De-
partment, and Kenneth D. Miller,
80, legal adviser to Victor r. Mes
sail.
The board upheld three appeals
of conscientious objectors and re-
ferred two others to the District at
torney. Sustained were the cases
OF William B. Ackerman, 80, field
agent for the Agriculture Depart
ment; E. Gordon Hubbel, 33, of
the Agriculture Department con-
sumner counsel, and Glen W. Price,
"a. Those referred to the district
attorneys Office were Frederick U.
Reel, 26. assistant attorney in the
Labor Department., and William
Valentine, AZ, cab operator.
Executives Plea Granted.
The board granted the appeal Of
Harold A. Merrill, 43, executive off,
Ger of the National Resources Plan
ming Board as being engaged in a
critical activity.
Denied dependency classifcations
were the following:
Walter F. Banse, 43, Federal Pub
lie Housing Authority; Tilmon B.
O'Bryant. %, General Accounting
Office: David Berman, A, Treasury
Department.: Mui Chun, 40, waiter;
Joseph B. Del Prete. 81, War De-
partment; Vivien D. Smith, 20, stock
clerk; Rance Blune, 80, torch oper-
ator; Nathaniel Mudgett, jr., 90, War
Department.; Richard L. Bailey, "a,
musician; Frederick j. Foels, "a, ar
tist; William E. foyer, 43. Govern
ment Printing Office; William M.
Dora, 81, delicastessen store oper-
ator; Earl c. Weldon, 35, bookkeep-
er; Paul C.. Tamkin, 38, milk truck
driver; Martin B. Mangold, jr., %,
Railway Express Agency; Leonard
Chiodo, 26, Co-ordinator of Infor-
nation Office in New York; Robert
L. Brown, 20; Malcolm c. Crockett,
80, taxi driver, and Ross Wheat, 40,
cabinetmaker.
The board upheld the following
appeals:
DR.. Charles H. Marshall, A, from
3-A to 3-B; Andrew G.. Adams, 40,
engineer in the Municipal Court
Building, la to IA; Harry A.
ONeill, AZ, partner in the firm of
G. P. Graham Co., la to IA;
William j. Binder, 81, student at
George Washington Dental School,
la to IA.
Appeals for classification to IA
were denied Albert G. Hovey- King,
30, manager of Pavement Supply &
Equipment Co.: Samuel I. Katz, 26,
economist in the Agriculture Depart
ment; George F. Kuhlemann, jr.,
29, dairy plant manager in Balti-
more; Robert S. Osborne, q, tech
nical representative for the Bakelite
Corp; David Milestone, 81. builder
for Cohen & Bildman; William D.
Radford, 80, used tire manager for
Alfred Stidham; Raymond E.
kavanaugh, %, clerk in the Maritime
Commission in Chicago; Joseph r,
Weaver. 36, night maintenance man
for La Sale Apartments; Milton p.
kroll, %, attorney for the Securities
and Exchange Commission, and Paul
B. Long. jr, 21, mechanic for
Reliance Elevator Co.
The board returned to local boards
for additional information the cases.
all involving dependency appeals. of
Robert M. VoUow. Al, employed by
the acquaduct police; Franklin Tay-
lor, Is, guard at the Federal Reserve
Board, and Nolan E. Talmadge, As.
bookbinder at Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.
Willis E. Giese, "a, analyst for the
Social Security Board, and Robert l..
Burch, 30, Interior Department.,
asked for classification as conscien-
tious objectors, but the board up
held their previous status of la.
In the case of Arthur H. Counts, 26,
In training as q radio operator for
the merchant marine, the board de-
MED his appeal from 1-B to IA.
Theodore Pitts, 36, library mes
senger, was denied an appeal from
ga to classification in 4-D, reserved
for divinity students or ministers.
Franklin E. West, "A, office man.