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WE'VE BEEN ASKED:
About Draft Deferment For Employes
(The new draft regulations]
are raising many problems for
businessmen. So far. the major
ity of employees in most con
cerns have been deferred from
the draft because they were sup
porting dependents. Employers
had to watch the draft status
only of single men without de
pendents : r those few men
whose fan; lies were financially
independent Now the draft
status of many employees with
dependents is to beepme import
ant to their employers.)
Are men with dependents to be
drafted now?
Yes. within the next few
months, draft boards will re
classify anh call up many men
with dependents. Unmarried men
who are supporting parents,
grandparents, brothers, sisters or
other relatives are to be taken
wherever the service men's allot
mont pay will provide reason
able subsistence to these depend
ents.
After this group is exhausted,
married men with children will
be called. How soon the second
group is tapped will depend on
whether Congress decides to |
draft 18 and 19-year-olds.
Are all men w ith children to
be deferred?
Yes. for the time being. Local
boards operating under the new
regulations will not draft men
with wives and children with
whom they are ma ntaining a
bona tide family relationship in
their homes.
What of men whose families
are financially independent? Are
thc\ no longer subject to call?
Ixx-al beards have been instruct
cd to stop reclassifying men with
families from 3-A into 1-A mere
ly becau.-e their families are able
to get long financially w.thout
them. 1! iwever, the financial test
will apply to men with work-ng
wives, or wives with independ
ent no unes when the local
•boards begin taking marr •
men Married men already el «s
fied ;,s 1 A under the 11 poli- y
st'll may be subject to induction
if the local boards finds this nec
essary to meet its quota.
What about men who are div
orced or not living with their
wives?
These men arc subject to ro
classifieatio!. and draft within
the next few months.
Does this apply to men who
are living away from their fam
ilies temporarily because work
has taken them away?
Local draft board will decide
each such case on "its merits. The
length of time a man has lived
away from his family and the
amount of time he has been able
to spend with his family on week
end visits will be an important
consideration.
What about men with children
who are away at school?
Again, the local board will de
cide each case individually If a
child has been placed in a board
ing school and is seldom visit
ed by the father, the father may
have difficulty m convincing a
local board of his family relation
ship to the child.
What preference is given to
men in war industries?
Selective Service headquarters
has requested each local board
to call all unmarried men with
dependents from non-essential in
dustries bef r-. men ir. this gr-ntp
are take- from companies doing
essential work. The same pr; fer
once will be given when married
men without children are call
ed Th -e in ncnessential Indus
trie- will go first.
Does this preferential treat
ment applv only to irreplaceable
employes?
No. it applies to all employes
in an establishment doing es
eenUal work.
SuppoM* a man now subiect to
the draft is a key employe?
An employer whose business s
es-t n? . ;o the w ir effort can
obtain at lea<* a temporary de
ferment for a key employe wh:U
replacement is being trained.
For skilled workmen in occupa
! - ns where there aren’t enough
men to fill the neecssary jobs,
these deferments can be renew
r! every six months. Employers
are expected to apply to local
draft boards for deferment of
any necessary employe. A spec
>1 form. 42-A. is provided for
this purpose.
Does this oceupatonal defer
ment still hold for single men
too?
Yes. single men found neces
sary to the operation of an es
sent'al industry still can be de
ferred.
What concerns w ill be held es
sential?
Local draft boards will apply
tne following tests to every local
bus ness concern in determining
whether it is essential to the war
effort:
Is it working on orders for
: - .Army. Navy. Maritime Com
mission or for the Lend-Lease
program-’
Is it perform ng s service di
rectly concerned with provid
ing ford. clothing, shelter, health
safetyor other requisites of civ*
1 llian life in support cf the war
effort?
Is it supplying material under
subcontracts to firms falling in
either of the first two categories
or t Government agencies direct
ly engr-ged :n promoting or facii
Mating war production?
Is it producing raw materials,
manufacturing materials, sup
plies. equipment or performing
services necessary to the work of
the firms fallng into the first
three groups?
If the answer to any one of
these questions is “yes,"’ the con
cern is to be considered essen
: tial to the w ar effort.
Then, what about a company
making clothing for Civilians?
An apparel manufacturer is |
considered essential only if he is
produc ng clothes cr apparel for
the armed forces.
Po newspapers get preferred
treatment?
Yes, a newspaper is defined as
an essential partof the communi
cations service along with radio
broadcasting, telephone and tele
graph companies.
What about construction firms?
Any building contractor is con
ssential if his work con
sists of constructing or repairing
highways, approved industrial
plants, houses, hospitals, marine
r military projects. Production
,.nd supplying of materials, parts,
equipment and services neces
sary to such construction also
fall into the essential group.
Where can a list of essential
industries be obtained?
Each local board now has a
list of 34 essential industries pro
pared by Selective Service head
quarttrs for the guidance of the
boards.
Will all local boards begin call
ing married men at the same
time?
That is the intent of the new
regulations. Whenever a local
board exhausts its supply of un
married men. it now is required
To notify' the State director of
Selective Servce. WTierever pos
sible. the State director then will
r iuce the quota assigned to that
board and raise the quotas
ass gr.ed to other local boards in
State where unmarried men
still are available. !n the same
w y. national headquarters will
a*temp: t adust the size of the
calls on States to make it un
necessary for one State to begin
draft.ng married men until most
= r S*. :vc ab>'irt exhaust
ed their supplies of single men.
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GENERAL ELECTION SEPT. 8, 1942.
The people of Alaska have a Legislature. It
meets for 60 clays every 2 years. It decides how
much shall be spent for our roads. It is respon
sible for our Public Schools. It provides for the
care of our needy children and our needy elder
ly men and women.
Because of the War the Territory and its
citizens must make many adjustments. It is more
important now than in times of Peace that we
choose carefully the men to be our members in
the Legislature. The limited powers we have in
our Government must he watched and preserved.
The next Legislature must have men in it
that will know what our part of Alaska needs;
men that will protect the rights of Alaskans. The
Republican candidates arc those kind of men.
You will vote wisely on September 8, at the
General Election by voting for—
SENATOR
Stuart L. Stangroom
REPRESENTATIVES
Henry (*. Miller
Kenneth I). Kutle
Walter Taylor
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C. Dudley Warner
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NOTICE
Artillery firing will be
conducted in the Hastings
Creek Area on Tuesday,
Wednesday. Thursday, and
Friday of this week.
All persons are caution
ed to keep out of the area
bqunded by Osborne Road.
Nome River, Cape Nome
Road, north - south line
through Cape Nome.
Osborne and Cape Nome
roads will be open to tra
ffic.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 667
In the Probate Court For the
Cape Nome Precinct, Territory
of Alaska. Second Division
In The Matter of the Estate of
JACK SOLOMON. Deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that Ernest Balsiger was upon
the 22d day of August. 1942. duly
appointed administrator of the
estate of Jack Solomon, decc.s
ed. by the Probate Court for the
Cape Nome Precinct, Second Div
ision, Territory of Alaska.
All persons having any claims
against the said estate, are here
by notified and required to pre
sent such claims duly verified to
the undersigned administrator at
the office of O. D. Cochran. At
torney-at-law. in Nome, Alaska,
within six months from the date
of this publication.
Dated this the 22d day of
August, 1942.
Ernest Balsiger. Administrator
of the estate of Jack Solomon,
Deceased.
Publish Aug. 26. Sept. 2. 9, 16.
Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
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