Evening star., 1942-10-09
Draft Officials
Grant t6Appea|s,
Turn Down 18
Nephew Of Howoii's
Delegate Is Refused
Deferment Request

ooVll HAWAI- anu Jle fnlllpplneS
were affected by the District Board
OF Appeals findings for the week
ending September Is, local draft
headquarters announced yesterday
The board refused to grant occu-
pational deferment to James A.
King, nephew of Samuel A. King,
Delegate to Congress from Hawaii.
Young King had asked the defer
ment to allow him to graduate from
Georgetown University, where he
was to complete his courses in
February.
The Hawaiian Delegates office
said the 20-year-old student, who
worked part time as a clerk in Mr..
Kings office, had hoped to go home
TO Honolulu to be inducted. Since
the deferment was refused, young
King has joined the Army Enlisted
Reserve. The board had recon-
mended 60-day stay of induction.
Two Sons in Service.
The delegates three sons are all
IN the service or war work, the old
est being an ensign, the second at
the Naval Academy and the third,
too young for the draft, a rigger
at Pearl Harbor. The youngest
boy was also a student at George
town but left for home Immediately
after the Pearl Harbor attack.
Also refused deferment was Vic
torino Paredes. 26, stamp agent in
the Of11ce of the Resident Commits
sioner of the Philippines. He had
asked deferment on occupational
grounds or because of dependents.
In all, the appeal board granted
pix of the 26 requests for reclassi-
f1cation it considered, rejected 49,
returned the case to local board
1or additional information and re-
ferred the case of a conscientious
cbjector to the United States at
torney.
The five men granted deferment
on grounds. of dependents were:
Albert P. Smith, 26, Washington
Terminal Co., fireman; Vernon A.
Williams, q, police department,
civilian driver; Samuel L. Weissman,
81, assistant supervisor of the tele-
type section of the War Department;
Vernon Louis Lacy, "a, United States
storekeeper and gauger at Bards-
town, KY, and Clarence w. Davis, 81,
Home Owners Loan Corp, janitor.
Hospital Guard Deferred.
The only appellant granted occu-
pational deferment was Donald D.
Lacey, 43, st. Elizabeths Hospital
policeman.
Those denied deferment on occu-
pational grounds we're: Francis D.
O'Sullivan, %, Federal Bureau of
Investigation file clerk; Stephen D.
Garst, 35; William F.. Patterson, %,
member of the District Fire Depart
ment for whom a 60-day stay of
Induction was recommended: Eugene
r. Dant. 26, Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., cable testman, and
Mr. King.
The Appeal Board rejected the
requests of the following men for
deferment because of dependents:
Mack Blum, 36. Wise Shoe Stores
salesman; William Earl Nalley, 36,
carpenter; George Hertz. 30, propri-
etor of linoleum and carpet estab-
lishment: Joseph D. Barnes. %,
Government Printing Office laborer;
Wesley B. Brown, 36, taxi cab driver:
Day H. Edwards, 26, George A. Ford
Electrical Co. electrician: Sol Al
berts, %, Interstate Commerce Com
mission; Gratten Snoddv, 80, dis
tributor of out-of town newspapers;
George Middledorf, "a, Post Office
special delivery messenger, and
Robert j. Sopourn, 26, painter and
decorator.
Divinity Student Loses Plea.
Those whose appeals for classi-
fication in either ga or IA were
denied were Mr.. Paredes and Allan
s. Altschuler, 80, safety engineer.
The appeal of Cornelius K. Rand,
80, divinity student, for classification
in 4-D as a minister was rejected.
The case of Theodore Denslow, 80,
accountant, who sought classifica-
tion as a conscientious objector, was
referred to the United States At
torney, while the appeal of Elmer
Schwartz, 80. District permit clerk,
for deferment on grounds of de-
pendents, was returned to his local
board for additional information.