Failures to Register on Time For Draft Creating Headaches
Increased failures to regis
ter on time for the draft are
creating headaches for the
Jackson county draft board
an- could cause heartaches
for those who disobey the law
thereby. .
Draft board members warn
that "delinquents" who de
liberately avoid registering
technically go to the head of
the induction list once their
names are known.
The law requires that all
young men must register on
their 18th birthday, or within
five days thereafter. Every
male born since Aug. 30, 1922,
must have signed up at one
time or another. This includes
veterans.
Those on active military
duty, excluding members of
Reserve or National Guard
units, must register within 30
days of their release.
Manpower Available
Draft board spokesmen
point out that the purpose of
registration is not solely to
provide lists of prospective
peacetime draftees. It has the
basic purpose of letting the
government know what man
power would be available
should total mobilization ever
be necessary.
Members of the local board
report that about 90 per cent
of the young men in this area
register on time. Of those who
do not, they say, most are
careless or simply mis
informed. These wander in, a few days
or weeks after their deadline,
with such excuses as they
were working and could not
find time, or they were wait
ing for the draft board to re
mind them.
Shirking Obligation
But others, it appears, are
deliberately shirking their
obligation.
These delinquents could be
subject to heavy fines or pri
son sentences if Uncle Sam
elected to crack down.
Draft board members here
are reluctant to resort either
to prosecution or to inducting
the delinquents ahead of oth
ers their age. But they warn
that if the current trend con
tinues they may have to get
tough.
They believe that drafting
of delinquents would set an
example, warning others that
trying to avoid military serv
ice can lead to entering it well
before one's more cooperative
contemporaries.
The draft board" itself is not
equipped to keep tabs on
which young men have not
registered. It relies on various
law enforcement agencies to
catch up with them sooner or
later. Social security records
provide another , means of
checking up.
Actually, the number of
Jackson county draftees these
days represents a mere trickle
compared to the reservoir of
young men who are eligible.
Only three or four a month
are being inducted.
While , anyone between 19
and 26 who is otherwise eli
gible can be drafted, the age
level of those currently being
inducted from this county is
generally 22 or 23.
In other words, although a
young man registers at 18 he
may have a wiut of four years
or more before facing induc
tion. 10 Enlist Per Month
Helen L. McDonnell, clerk
of the Jackson county board,
explains that an average of 10
persons enlist voluntarily each
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1959
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REFUSED BAIL Carole Tregoff, tears streaming un
checked, hears the court decision that she be held for
trial in the murder of Mrs. Barbara Finch, wife of Dr.
Bernard Finch. The municipal judge ordered her bound
over to, Superior Court on a murder charge. Attorney
Robert A. Neeb Jr. (left) looks glumly forward.
DROWNS IN WASHER
Duarte, Calif. (UPD An 18-month-old
girl drowned Wed
nesday after falling head first
into an idle washing machine
while her mother was hanging
out the wash. Little Elsa
Marie Barney was found in
the machine among soaking
clothes by her mother, Mrs.
Patricia Barney, 26.
PERILS OF SUBURBIA
Tuckahoe, N.Y. (UPD The
special dangers of suburban
living caught up with a pair
of skunks here Wednesday.
They fell into swimming pools.
One was pulled out . by hu
mane society agents-after it
had been put asleep . by
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aged its escape unaided. '
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Wasp Believed Carrying Bombs
Quonset Point, R.I.-OJPD-The
Wasp's arsenal may have in
cluded nuclear bombs when a
fire broke out on a hangar
deck, killing two men and in
juring 21 others, it was re
ported Thursday.
The 32-500-ton aircraft car
rier's submarine hunter squad
ron has carried anti-submarine
nuclear devices in the past.
The Navy, however, said only
that it would have "no com
ment" on the report. -
Unofficial estimates of dam
age done by the fierce fire
which broke out aboard the
ship Tuesday 250 miles east
of Norfolk, Va., was over $5
million. In addition to the
CZECH OFFICER DEFECTS
Vienna-(UPD-A Czech army
lieutenant has defected to
Austria, police disclosed to
day. The police report, which
did not identify the Czech of
ficer, said he crossed the bor
der into Austria last" week
end carrying a machine gun
and wearing part of his uni
damage done to the vessel,
four helicopters were destroy
ed and three others badly
damaged.
Cause of the fire was a run
away helicopter engine which
exploded. .
The pilot of the 'copter, Lt.
(jg) Jim Frank Hagan, 24,
Marianna, Fla., was killed in
the explosion. The other fa
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tice Donald H. Trask, 17,
Keene,, N.H., who was killed
while fighting the fire.
House Members Get
Campaign Threat
Washington -(UPD- James B.
Carey, electrical workers pres
ident, has sent letters advis
ing 229 House members who
voted for the administration
backed labor reform bill that
"we shall do all in our power"
to beat him in the next elec
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month. Since the countys
quota includes both enlistees
and draftees, the quantity of
enlistments reduces the induc
tions needed to fill it.
The number of registrants
each month varies from 40 to
75, board members report.
But as many as 26 in one
month have registered late
this year.
Fred Brennan of Medford,
one member of Jackson coun
ty's draft board, emphasizes
that all present board mem
bers have families of their
own and are sympathetic to
individuals' problems.
Do What They Can
"We do everything we can
for them within regulations,"
Brennan states.
He and the other four board
members James R. W. Gregg
of Central Point, the chair
man; Fred Lester, Gold Hill;
Alonzo Siebenlist, Ashland;
and Carl Quackenbush, Med
ford meet each Tuesday in
the selective service system
office, 33 North Riverside
ave., Medford, to review clas
sification files and select those
to be inducted. They serve
without pay.
These men are able to pro
vide up-to-date information
and helpful advice to all
young men facing military
service in one form or anoth
er. But their first bit of advice
is simply this register on
time. '
HERO SEEKS DIVORCE
Los Angeles-OIPD-World War
II Congressional of Honor
winner Gregory (Pappy) Boy
ington, 56, Wednesday filed
for divorce against his wife
of 13 years. The former Ma
rine Corps pilot charged that
his 40-year-old wife, Frances,
caused him "grievous mental
suffering."
Investigators
Accuse Convair of
Withholding Data
Washington- (UPD -House in
vestigators accused a big de
fense contractor Thursday of
refusing to provide the gov
ernment with information on
contracts for B58 bombers
and Atlas guided missiles.
Rep. F. Edward Hebert (D
La.), chairman of the House
armed " forces investigating
subcommittee, immedia t e 1 y
sent a wire to the Convair
Division of General Dynamics
Corp., demanding full access
to files.
Convair Balks
The action came after of
ficials of the General Ac
counting) Office informed the
House group that Convair had
once again balked on giving
the data to the government
auditors looking into defense
contracts.
The GAO also reported that
Uncle Sam will be over
charged for fighters unless
contracts are adjusted. The
GAO is Congress' watchdog
on government spending.
Telegram To Pace
Hebert sent the telegram to
Frank Pace Jr., board chair
man of General Dynamics, in
New York. Pace served as
Secretary of the Army under
President Truman.
Rep. Porter Hardy Jr. (D-
Va.) said that if Pace doesn't
open up the files, the GAO
should direct the Air Force
to halt all payments under
the contracts. GAO officials
said the Justic Department
might be asked to seek a court
order forcing Convair to re
lease the information.
Elephant Causes Panic; 14 Perish
Kandy, Ceylon-(UPD-An ele
phant ra.i amok in a mammoth
Buddhist torchlight procession
Thursday and set off a panic
in which 14 persons were
killed and 525 injured.
One hundred thousand spec
tators and participants fled in
terror as one of 100 elephants
in the procession broke loose
and charged into the throng.
Men hurled hundreds of
kerosene lamps at the beast,
which further enraged him.
Many of the lamps fell among
the crowd, scattering flaming
fuel.
Screams it the frightened,
injured and dying turned the
scene into a nightmare.
Police finally shot and
killed the elephant. About 125
of the victims suffered serious
injuries.
The tragedy occurred short
ly after midnight during the
final night of Ceylon's biggest
Buddhist procession.
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