Evening star., 1942-02-12
Draft Appeals Board
Rejects 70 Petitions
From IA Rating
Seven PIeos Are Grantee, ,
Including Two From
Conscientious Directors

Considering 80 cases, the District
Board Of Appeals announced today
1t had rejected 20 appeals from la
classification, had granted seven, in
cluding two conscientious objectors
and had sent i've back for additional
information.
In six cases where appeals to an
other classification were rejected,
however, Selective Service regis
trants were given defermentS rang
ing from one to six months.
Although most of those whose ap-
peals were refused had asked to be
classified ga on the basis Of de-
pendents. a number considered
themselves in essential work, an
opinion with which the Board of
Appeal did not agree.
Deferments Granted.
Roswell M. Bevine, "a, a senior
clerk in the Navy Department was
held in IA but granted a months
deferment. Norbert Meert, "a, a
student nurse who had appealed to
IA, was held in Ia but allowed
deferment until he had completed
his course.
John E. Shobe, 26, laborer in
the Quartermaster Corps, who had
appealed for 3-A, was held in IA
but the Board Of Appeals ordered
his induction held up for six months,
Robert H. Rollins, %, listed as a
student, was refused IA classifica-
ton but granted a deferment until
July l. A 60-day deferment was
granted Harold Silverman, %,
Treasury Department clerk, turned
down on his request for ga classi-
flcation.
Francis w. Brew, Is, Census Bu-
reau clerk and student, was also
held in Ia but his induction was
also ordered held to July /.
The two conscientious objectors
were Grover L. Hartman and
Abraham Lazarus Siegel. Both were
allowed the 4-E classification.
Appeals from Ia to ga were
granted to Thick Fon Lee, 80,
laundry employe; John w. Vance,
81, janitor; Henry j. Lorenzetti, %,
knife grinder; William M. Curtis,
IS, park employe. and Sylvester
Claughton, Is, War Department
messenger,
ga CIassifications Rejected.
Rejected for classification in 3-A
were Calvert CLANCY, "a, bus driver,
who had appealed from 1-B; Delyle
B. Medlin, 81, Agriculture Depart
ment clerk; James w. Taylor, "a,
truck driver at Fort Belvoir, Va:
James L. Faulstick, % Navy Yard
packer, who had also appealed for
IA: Edward Artale, %, Commerce
Department clerk; Benjamin H.
Corbett, telephone company drafts
man, who had also appealed for
2-B; Herbert r. Stoneburner, %,
carpenter; Andrew j. Keyes, %,
War Department messenger; George
T. Chapman, 20, Commerce De-
partment clerk, and Marvin Green
baum, %, United States Housing
Authority clerk.
Others rejected for classification
in IA were Harvey E. Abels, Is,
carpenter in the War Department
Building, and Robert H. Wood, 80,
American Aviation Associates. John
B. Preblich, 81, a clerk in the
United States Engineers ONCE, was
refused a change in classification
from IA to 1-B, and John Gerald
Gordon, plumber, was refused a
change from Ia to 2-B.
Before making decision, the
Board of Appeals held for addi-
tional information the appeals Of
George A. Oplous, 80, waiter, seek
ing ga classification; DR.. Fred
erick Douglass, %, Veterans Admin
istration Facility medical officer.
seeking a IA or ga classification;
Philip M. Dimes, %. porter, seek
ing a ga classification; Orville r.
Tolliver, %, beverage company en-
ploye, seeking a ga classification
and Hamilton r. Squier, q, depart
ment store truck driver, seeking
"A classification.