Evening star., 1943-01-11
Youths, 1S and 19, Fail
To Gain Draft DeferraI
From Appeal Board
10 of 81 Petitions Get
Favorable Action; 80
Are Turned Down

Two of the Districts youngest
potential soldiers, one aged 18, the
other 10, sought and were denied
draft deferment on grounds of de-
pendents in the latest report OF the
District Board of Appeal, local draft
headquarters announced today.
The two youths were Howard r..
Hamilton, 10, a teller and book
keeper at the National Savings &
Trust Co., and George N. FAINT, 18,
liquor salesman.
OF the So appeals considered by
the board for the period from De-
cember l8 through January !, 10
we're granted, 80 were denied and 3
were returned to their local boards
for additional information.
Twenty seven OF the 80 appeals
denied we're for classification in ga
on grounds of dependents.
List Of Those Deferred.
Those whose appeals for defer
ment on grounds of dependents
were granted were Robert L. Agey,
q, soda fountain manager in New
port News, Va: Yunis Purnell, "a,
delicatessen store OWNER; Percy w.
Kebb, SO, cab driver; Joseph Ray
mond Green, jr, 20, produce dealer,
and Norman A. Carroll, 81, electri-
clans helper at the Washington
Terminal Co,
Wilmer Roland, %, steam filter at
Boiling Field, who sought classifica-
ton in ga or BIB, was placed in
3-B, deferred because of dependents
and in an essential industry. The
same classification was granted
Charles Oscar Berry, IS, executive
assistant to the vice president and
treasurer of the Washington Gas
Light Co., who had appealed from
ga.
OF the IA men who appealed for
occupational deferment, only two
had their requests granted. They
were William Robert Morse. 80, asso-
ciate radio engineer for the Civil
Aeronautics Administration. clas-
sified in 2-B, and William Gilbert,
%, War Department junior admin
istrative assistant, who appealed for
either IA or ga and was placed
in IA.
The appeal Of Culver G. Warner,
26, for classification as conscien-
tious objector was granted
The cases of George w. Cooke, 81,
farm laborer in Chatham, Va; Paul
Edward Hubanks. %, War Produc-
ton Board sta :istician. and Joseph
Chester Skinner, 20, War Depart
ment assistant clerk, were returned
to their local boards for additional
information.
The appeals of the following men
for occupational deferment were
denied:
Lewis c. Loudermilk. 49, Hugh
Reilly Co. shipping and receiving
supervisor, who also sought clas-
sification In ga; Thomas James
Cummings, 20, Capital Transit Co.
bus operator, for whom a 60-day stay
OF induction was recommended;
Donald Bucholz, "a. State Depart
ment message clerk; Frank Louis
Hanks, 81, Bethlehem Fairfield Ship
yard, Inc, electrician, for whom a
60-day stay OF induction was recon-
mended. William j. Nickel, %. Air
Track Manufacturing Co., for whom
a 60-day stay of induction was
recommended.
Kenneth Ramey, Is, policeman
who sought classification in either
"a or ga and for whom a 60-dav
stay OF induction was recon-
mended; Ralph D. Eickelberg. "a.
Panama Canal clubhouses steward:
Walter Brown, 80, policeman; Will
liam j. Howard, q, Civil Service
Commission assistant investigator.
60-day stay recommended; Arthur
Slslen, 2l, plastic applicator at the
Engineering and Research Corp. ::
Norman Lavine, SO. merchant,
Stanley Stores, Inc, and Andrew
j. keyes, "a, engineering craftsman.
New York Navy Yard.
Pleas Disapproved.
The following men lost appeals
Tor deferment on grounds of de-
pendents:
Oscar M. Printz. jr.. "a, file clerk,
General Accounting Office; Lee Ben
Toy, 20, laundryman; Roy L. Nc
DoWell. TO- engineer labor work; ;
John G. Apperson. 81, gas station
attendant, for whom a 60-day stay
OF induction was recommended:
Ralph I. Middleton, q, music
teacher; Nick Ferrante, %, meat
department manager; Dennis M.
Mahoney, 81, junior operator at
Commerce Department; Bernard
Cady. jr., 20, Bureau of Engraving
clerk; Gerhard Eek, 81, shoe store
owner, for whom a 60-day stay of
induction was recommended; Mar
cellus Mann. "a. War Department
file clerk: Abe Cohan, linen shop
employe;; Ambrose Richardson, 26.
cab driver; Philip A. Junta, %.
plumber; Theodore R. johnson, 20,
employed by G. B. Macke Co.: David
jacobson, Is, post office clerk; Abra-
ham Lewis, rs. laborer at Naval
Observatory; Ellsworth Wheeler, 20,
Government Printing Office laborer:
MOTIFS Weinstein, %, post office
clerk; Emanuel Simpson, 27, GPO
clerk, for whom a 6O-day stay was
recommended; Fred A. DElia, %,
GPO clerk, 60-day stay recon-
mended; David Wolf, 20, Recon-
struction Finance Corp. project au-
dltor; Eber F. Riley, 32 piano
teacher, 60-day stay recommended;
Norris T1mmons, jr., 80, GPO ele-
vator operator; Isaac Friedlander,
%. War Department senior clerk:
Wallace B. Swetland, 70, glass
bender.