Show washington WASHINGTO N leiws N S FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER christmas parcels for or armed force the war navy and post office departments part ments have set november as the deadline for mailing christmas parcels overseas although the existing restrictions on overseas parcel post of 11 pounds weight 18 inches in length a and n d 42 inches combined length and girth will not be changed for the present t the he departments asked the public to see that volume does not exceed that of an ordinary and weight does riot not exceed six pounds food should not be sent and clothing should not be sent unless specifically requested selective service beginning august 20 class irb the selective service designation for men considered lit for limited military service only will be eliminated and beginning sept 1st ast all registrants who are not totally disqualified will bere i classified in class IA I A while those not suited for any military service will be placed in IVF IV F national headquarters announced reel reclassification of IBs I Bs N i expected to be completed by january SS national headquarters Head instructed local boards not to reclassify mor more than one fourth of the present class clash IB I B men in each local board area each month and to give full consideration to selective service policies governing govern ng deferments for dependency family relationship tion ship and A man wn who is not deferred for reasons other than physical will be reexamined examined re by the local board physician to determine whether he has any obviously disqualifying defects which would prevent hin him from rendering any military service if he has hag none of these defects he will be placed in IA I A and the army will determine after induction whether he ha will be assigned to full or limited service headquarters said future calls for tees will be tor for class IA I A men only aid to dependents of armed services sen ices the senate passed and sent to the president a bill permitting immediate payment of dependency allowances lo 10 0 o families of men in the armed services the measure eliminates from the service mens dependency act passed several weeks ago a prohibition prohibit on against a ast ag payment of the allotments allotment to de depend P en 1 I ente prior to november the bill does not require payments before that date dale navy the owr said negroes had enlisted in the U S marine corps reserve by august 13 1942 these volun volunteers have bave been placed in an inactive duty status until the first battalion of negroes numbering about has been recruited the recruits will then be sent to new river kiver N C where ba barracks r and training facilities are now being constructed the negro marine urit will form a composite battalion which will include all combat arms of the ground forces composed of artillery antiaircraft machine gun tank and infantry as well as various skilled trades on rast last pae pa e 44 |