1940 Draft Numbers
from page 1 of the November 18, 1940 issue of The Courier-Tribune
First Blanks This Week
To the Draftees
Questionnaires Will Likely Start into the Mails Wednesday
The Nemaha county draft board will send the first federal draft questionnaires to “draftees” this week probably starting with 50 on Wednesday.
The county has a total of 1695 men registered. There has been a great amount of clerical work in handling the registration cards, listing order numbers, preparing “cover sheets” in which each questionnaire will be filed, and now is re-sorting the registration cards and placing them in alphabetical arrangement.
The new draft board has been approved federally, B. E. Stratton is chairman, O. J. Ward is secretary and Loyd J. Cobun is the third member.
First questionnaires go to the men who want to enlist for their year of service, regardless of order number. Also for early handling are the men who have enlisted, as with the national guard, and are awaiting call.
Order numbers were assigned recently to registration cards. The county office is now completing a full order number list. The Courier-Tribune will print this list in the next few papers, as space permits, because it is official. A list of the first 500 order number was printed before, but was unofficial. Save this list below and watch for succeeding issues:
Official Order List
1 Ivan Harold Bryant We
2 Leo John Spielman Ba
3 Harvey Elmer Hittle Sa
4 William Zery Murphy Ce
5 Lawrence Jos Schmidt Sa
6 John Joseph Rilinger Se
7 Vernet Harry Randel C0
8 James Edward Wilcox Ba
9 Archie LeRoy Swogger Be
10 Alphla Henry Aberle Sa
11 Paul Raymond Mathewson Se
12 Aloysius Fred Otting Se
13 Leslie Gordon Tate Se
14 Lee William Henry Sa
15 James Oliver McCoy On
16 Wilbur James Grimm On
17 Earnest Shumaker We
18 Bernard J. Dalinghaus Ba
19 Donald Charles Wood Sa
20 Arthur Louis Becker Se
21 Raymond N. Buser We
22 Lorenzo Dale Fletchall Sa
23 Lee Cochran Ce
24 Gilbert C. Ridgway Se
25 Herman Jacob Engel We
26 Kenneth Sherman Taylor Ba
27 Gerald John Wempe Se
28 Aloysius August Steinlage Co
29 Emil Kenneth Haug Se
30 Frederick Henry Keen Go
31 Lloyd W. Frederickson Co
32 Albert Francis Olberding Se
33 Marion Richard Ford We
34 Roland August Surdez Ce
35 Alphonse Joseph Holthaus Se
6 Cletus John Engelken Se
37 Rayomon Lenord Sweet Co
38 James Patrick O’Toole Ax
39 Arthur R Harrter Sa
40 Edward John Vogel Be
41 Orval Merland Bryant We
42 Max Elvin Gutknecht Sa
43 James Catlet Kelley Sa
44 Anthony Aloysius Deters Ba
45 Vernon Nance Kistner Sa
46 Louis William Wiegers Se
47 Thomas Morse Reed Ci
48 Moses Edelman Sa
49 Cyril Francis Olberding Ba
50 Robert John Haug Ve
There is a change in the first 50 number from the unofficial list, No. 45, Vernon Nance Kistner, not having been included in the unofficial listing.