Evening star., 1943-06-11
"A Appeals Granted
For Draft Deferments;
Board Denies 64
; Grocery Store Workers
Are Among II Given
Essential Ratings

Three grocery store employees were
among the II men granted occupa-
tional deferments during the week
ending May % by the District Board
of Appeal, which is growing increas-
ingly buster as draft boards reach
into formerly deferred classes.
The appeal board acted on 88
cases, placing 13 registrants in Class
IA for war supporting activities;
four in Glass 2-B for war produc-
ton activities; four in Glass ga
as bona fide fathers and three in
Glass Sd as hardship" cases.
Of the 81 registrants whose ap-
peals were denied, 19 were recon-
mended for 60-day stay of induc-
ton and three for a 30-day stay of
induction.
The three grocery employees
classed as "essential' and deferred
for occupational reasons were James
M. Kline, 80, head meat cutter of
Safeway Stores, Inc; Daniel Shu-
mate, 33, Safeway supervisor of
stores. and Sidney A. Dannerman,
%, Giant Food Shopping Center
buyer and supervisor
Others Deferred.
Others given occupational defer
ments were Linwood Litton, jr, "a,
Washington Terminal Co. machin-
lists helper; Charles D. Rice, %,
Kirby Lithographic Co., photographic
pressman; Howard H. Hackley. "a.
attorney, Federal Reserve System
Board of Governors; Donald M
Rubel, 81, Agriculture Department
principal agricultural economist :;
Raymond M. Bradley, 25, Mayfower
Optical Co., lens grinder; Robert S.
Mathew, 33, shop superintendent,
Federal Lithograph Co.; Ralph w.
Frey. %. Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co.. commercial repre-
sentative; Fred B. Gibbs, "a, Stand
ard Auto Body Works shop fore
man, Lester T. Davis, 35, Standard
Engineering Co. project manager;
Herbert G. Wessendarp, 36, Win
chester plant manager of the Zero
pach Co.: David C. Friedman, 26,
National Bureau of Standards Junior
physicist; David Watstein. 36, Ma
tional Bureau of Standards assist
ant materials engineer; Robert E.
Ackerman, %, Navy yard apprentice
machinist; Rudy R. Tellish, "a,
Washington Stair and Ornamental
Iron Works supervisor.
Deferred as Fathers
Granted deferment in ga as
fathers we're Jack E. Perkins, 30,
Interior Department biologist; Vim
cent S. LiCo. q, shoemaker: Robert
Powelson, 81 CAA district super
visor, and Edward M. Gibson, d,
General Accounting Office clerk
Placed in Sd because their in
duction would work hardship to de-
pendents were Florencio A. Aquino,
30. welder; Robert A. Shaffer, %.
War Production Board industrial
specialist, and Bernard P. Ragan, jr,,
%, taXicab orlver.
Those whose appeals for occu-
pational deferment were denied were
James E. Jsmison. 26. moulder, for
whom 60-day stay of induction
was recommended: Arthur M.
Braverman, IS, RFC counsel, for
whom a 60-dav STAY was recon-
mended; Morris w. Bush, "a, WPB
senior procurement specialist, 60
day stay recommended; Willis F
Nelson 25, airport traffic controller,
Civil Aeronautics Board, for whom
6C-day stay was recommended :.
John L. Ramsey, 30, budget officer,
Geological Survey, 60-day stay rec
commended; Michael w. Donahue,
81, bus operator, 60-day stay recon-
mended; Frank w. Morris, "a, FBI
fingerprint technician, 60-dav stay
recommended; Donald M. Ellis. "a,
assistant naval architect, Maritime
Commission, 60-oay stay recon-
mended; Dean Long, 25. chief clerk.
Capital Transit Co., 6O-day stay
recommended
Others Listed.
Russell A. Horstman, 36, type
writer serviceman, 60-day stay rec
commended; Royden j. Dixon, 80.
head of production control, Owl
News Bureau, 60-day stay recon-
mended; Ora A. Fetch, 35. assistant
restaurant manager, Welfare and
Recreation Association, 6O-day stay
recommended; James F. Hill, Daily
News district circulation manager.
30-day stay recommended: Stanley
A. BeaN. 81, linen supply salesman.
3o-day stay recommended: Joseph
w. Mclaughlin. 81, Chestnut
Farms-Chevy Chase Dairy Co.,