Evening star., 1942-02-16

"A. r. WlTepQOLO.
he thought there should be some
distinction since he, for one, didn't
like being placed in the same class
with Japanese.
Chang said he protested to his
registrar.
Veterans of the last war appeared
frequently before registration desks.
One of them, James Robert Tucker.
A, of 2535 Thirteenth street NV,
a naval architect, said he wouldn't
mind serving IF I got front line
duty again"
Mr.. Tucker, who said he was
wounded twice and participated in
four major offensives during almost
two years overseas as marine, de-
clared, I'D rather be doing some
real fighting than holding chair
back home"
Schools Closed to Students.
Schools in the District and nearby
Maryland and Virginia were closed
to students for the day, but high
school cadets were at work ushering
registrants to the classrooms.
Registering at Western High
School, Ugo Chiabaccini, AZ, of the
Apostolic Delegation, said to the best
of his recollection it was the sew
enth or eighth time he had reg
istered. Always before, he had reg
istered in Italy and each time he
had been turned down, he said, for
physical defects.
Mr.. Chiabaccini, who lives at 1899
Massachusetts, avenue NV, said he
came to this country in 1924 and had
twice petitioned for American citi-
zenship, being turned down both
times because. he had entered the
country on a diplomatic visa.
Crossroads of World"
Harry c. English, registrar at
Powell Junior High School, learned
early that all kinds OF people were
frgfstefnfg. HIS first customer" was
a~Chinese riaundryman who spoke
good English and wrote very well:
his second was q colored janitor, his
third was q deaf man; the next one
an Austrian who has taken out his
citizenship papers; then came a COL
lege professor who had Ph.D. de-
gree and insisted on being listed as
a doctor, and finally a w. P. A.
worker.
This is like standing at the cross
roads of the world" commented Mr..
English.
Once registrar had to instruct
a registrant in writing his name
while at Hine Junior High School
one Of the registrars faced two
Kentucky mountaineers who could
neither read nor write and left an
*" instead OF a signature.
A woman registrar at H. D. Cooke
School led q colored man through
the nine questions on the card and
asked him to sign his name. His
effort was so feeble that she had
to destroy the card. Then she
wrote the name carefully as he
spelled it and told him to practice
until he could write a reasonable
facsimile. When he was fairly close,
she let him sign the card
District Attorney Registers.
Among the many District officials
at registration centers was District
Attorney Edward M. Curran, who
registered at Woodrow Wilson High
School on his way to work. He is
80 years old.
Wendell Harris of Silver Spring,
an accountant in the Federal Sc
curity Agency, sat on both sides of
the registration table today. He
registered in Silver Spring before
coming into town to register fellow
registrants at the H. D. Cooke
School.
At the Stuart Junior High School,
one Of the registrars, Walter S.
Griest, of $500 Seventh street NV,
teacher, was registered himself
and he registered his brother, Will
bur Griest, of $500 Thirty-fourth
street Sc.
One man born in Germany, Adolph
ZiSe, of 725 Gallatin street NV,
was also registered at the school.
It was said at his home that he was
q naturalized citizen and that he
had been in this country for Is
or 10 years.
Registrars said an Italian regis
tered alien was among those who
came to the school. They gave his
name as Orazio H. Puglisi, but listed
no address. 1t was said he registered
in the previous war.
British Aide Shows Up.
Among those registering today at
the Potomac Park Junior High
School in Silver Spring was John
Angus Henderson, a member of the
British military stan, who answered
the registrars questions with q
thick Scotch brogue.
The Maryland registration CEN
tiers remained open yesterday, hav-
ing been granted three days for
registration. Virginia registration
centers, which had opened to regis
trants Saturday, were closed yes
terday.
At the Bethesda Elementary
School, busiest in the Silver Spring
area yesterday, a man of 60 want
ed to register. Told he was too old,
he said he had tried to volunteer
but had been turned down. The Be-
thesda school was 30 crowded yes
terday that the chief registrar was
forced to call In additional help to
supplement the three workers On