Evening star., 1943-02-27
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Deferment Granted 70
Streetcar Operator
Board Considers TotuI
Of 40 Cases, Granting 5
Appeals, Denying 30


A streetcar operator was the only
man granted occupational defer
ment out of II who sought such de-
ferment before the District Board
of Appeal during the two-week Pc
riod ending February u, the appeal
board announced yesterday.
In all, the appeal board consid-
cred A cases, granting five appeals,
denying 30, returning eight cases to
local boards for additional informa- =
ton and sending one case of a con-
scientious objector to the United
States Attorneys Office for investi-
cation.
Names Announced.
The five men whose appeals were
granted were John James Lawhorn,
80, Capital Transit Co. streetcar
operator, placed in IA; Lloyd F..
Hadaway, Apollo Theater manager,
placed in ga; Robert Charles Davis,
27, listed as branch placement
officer of the Office of Emergency
Management, who appealed for IA
or ga, and was placed in 3-B;
Chester D. Smith, "a, Civil Service
Commission assistant field supervi-
sor, who appealed from class ga to
BIB, and Sidney William Fairchild,
"a, finance company operator,
placed in ga.
Denied occupational deferment
were Fay H. Barr, 18, and Roy L.
Bullock, 10, both apprentice machin-
lists at the Navy Yard; Lynn w.
Byrd, 80. Flaherty Bros. weather.
stripper; Francis A. Buscher, "a,
Metropolitan policeman; Confer G.
Bailey, 81, member Of North Beach
CMd) town council; Charles w.
Hoffman, 81, Tophams, Inc, wood
worker; Ernest Raymond Baker, 80,
United States Engineer Office senior
inspector Of construction for whom
a 30-day stay of induction was rec
commended, and Frank A.. Newman,
q, Sperry Gyroscope Co. sentor Hai-
son correspondent.
Those whose appeals for defer
ment on either occuphtional or de-
pendency grounds were denied VIE
Milton Schwartz, "a, National Sym
phony Orchestra musician, and
Richard F. Solan, "a, Federal Com
munications Commission junior
clerk stenographer.
Some Stays Recommended.
Appeals for dependency defer
ment were denied Joseph J. Get
tings, ~, Mayfair Laundry assistant
production manager; Seymour SOL
omon, %, War Department assistant
messenger; Elmer c. Abel, "a,
Schriber Decorating Co. painter, for
whom a 60-day stay of induction
was recommended; George w.
Adams, "a, Interstate Commerce
Commission file and information
clerk, for whom a 60-day stay was
recommended; Leo L. Utterback, 18;
Paul Quitman, rs, Civil Aeronautics
Authority property invoice clerk;
Nathaniel Herson, %, auto repair
supervisor; Edward M. Tamule-
vich, "a. Post ONCE Department ac-
countant; Calvin H. Wiuette. a..
Merchants Motor Service mechanic: j.:
Davis Creech, "a, apartment porter;
Ulysses s. Robinson, "a, Brooklyn
Navy Yard laborer; William S.
Cruzan, SO, Southern Wholesalers
salesman; Victor A. Mack, 81, War
Production Board economist; Earle
G. Wilhoite, jr., %; Leo v. Bennett,
IS, Board of Economic Warfare as
sistant to chief of publicity section;
Irving Rosenblum, Is, New York
government employee; Lorenzo
Washington, 18; Sam Gindi, 10,
Esther Shop clerk; James Alex
Angelo, %, International Business
Machines press operator, and Jo-
seph C. Skinner, 20, War Depart
ment assistant clerk.
Returned to their local boards
for additional information were the
cases of Harry Sherr, 26, National
Resources Planning Board econo-
mist; James A. Rigell, 10. Cummins
Construction Corp. employe; John
J. Greer, %, artist; Charles o.
Evans, 81, General Accounting o.
flee employe; Abraham Jones, 81,
Washington Terminal laborer;
George A. Martin, 81, Treasury De-
partment stenographer- -typist; How
ard c. Allen, 36, War Department
multigraph supervisor, and Charles
Arthur Carrico. 81, Navy Yard
junior typist. The case of Lloyd
W. Lee, 81, construction Office clerk
seeking classification as a conscien-
tious objector, was referred to the
United States Attorney.