Evening star., 1942-07-10
Draft Appeal Board
Grants ; Dependency
Deferra|s;; Denies Is
D. G. Policeman Among
a Accorded Stoys on
Occupotiono| Grounds

The District Board OF Appeal al
lowed only three dependency defer
ments out of % requested during the
week ended July 8, local selective
service headquarters reported today.
OF the eight occupational defer
ments sought. four were granted.
The Appeal Board. which considered
As cases during the week, also
referred six back to their local
boards for additional information,
rejected the appeal of one conscien-
tious objector and sent the case of
another objector to the United
States Attorney.
Among those deferred for occupa-
tional reasons was member Of the
Metropolitan Police Department,
Thomas F. Walker. 20. Commits
sioner Young recently sought CO.
operation from Brig. Gen. Lewis b.
Hershey, national director of selec-
tive service. to assure deferment of
police officers.
Get Occupational Stays.
Others deferred on occupational
grounds were Carl F. Felt, 81, ac-
countant clerk with the Panama
Canal: Roland Cowger, %, employed
at the Bureau of Standards, and
Walter Masincup, 81. occupational
analyst with the Social Security
Board. OF those deferred. only Mr.
Felt was put In 2-B. The others
were classed in IA, which is more
temporary deferment.
Deferred by reason OF dependents
were Harold Edward Russell, Il
messenger at Freedmen's Hospital;
Edward Savage. jr., ~, attached tc
the ONCE of the Co-ordinator OF
Inter- American Affairs, and Peter
j. Grogan, 80, chief timekeeper fol
the Charles H. Tompkins Co.
A number of men sought defer
menr either in PA or ga. Those
who appealed on the ground of oc-
cupation and were turned down
were Morton P. Schwartz. "a, student
instructor at an Air Corps Tech
nical School; William M. Kloss, 30
Western Union Telegraph Co., 60
day stay of induction: Sigmund
Sichel, "a, Board of Economic War
fare, and Omar Lee Bridges, 29
Capital Transit Co., 30-day stay.
Those who sought deferment on
grounds of dependency or asked
either IA or 3-A classification and
we're turned down were: John H
Early, 35, cashier: William L.
Franklin, 2, glass cutter; John w
Cooper, 80, Capitol employe, 6O-day
stay; James C. Heath, unemployed
Isaac N. Fox, 35, District Health
Department clerk; William B. Bur-
leigh, %, ONCE of Price Administra-
ton; Thomas Edward Landon, 81
plasterer; Walton T. White, "a, truck
driver, 60-day stay, and George
James Chaconas, %, who assists his
father in managing restaurant.
Others Denied Deferment.
Also Robert E. Marx. "a, Agricul
ture Department. 60-day stay; Viii
bur E. johnson, 30. Bergman's
Laundry washman. 60-day stay
George H. Gerver, 43. restaurant
employee: Ernest A. Mcpherson. 26
City Refuse Division; Vittorio O
Risi, 81. bricklayer; Charles F. But
ler, "a, messenger: John Louis Nor
ris, "a, Globe Wernicke Co., clerk
Alexander Adler, %. student; Orril
Belvin Kimban, 27. Office for Emer
gency Management, appealing from
lib; Frederick M. Fitzgerald, "a
reporter; Clifford M. Atkinson, 29
taxi driver; Judson M. Carter, SO
grocery clerk; Elliott E. Thomas
80, unemployed; Donald O. Tucker
30. War Department mess attend
ant; Clerc Ben Sabul, %. ONCE o
Price Administration: Arthur Good
man, %, Federal Works Agency
and Carl Catlin, Is, War Depart
ment.
Returned to their local boards fo
additional information were th'
cases of E. Gordon Hubbel, Wallac,
F. Peterson, James Colbert, Anthony
P. Barrett, Herbert G. Forester ane
Jerome Thomases.
The case of Martin A. Ackerman
%, Cole Printing Co. employe, ap.
pealing to 4-E as conscientiou.
objector, was referred to the Unitee
States attorney, while the appea
board denied a similar classification
to Joseph M. Catchings, 80, Bureau
of Mines.