John Stransky — original 1942 draft registration and Ida household connection

Original front and reverse inspected October 6, 2026 in local Chrome. John Stransky, signed, reports birth December 9, 1898, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania; age 43; residence 431 W. Lloyd Street, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Contact Mrs. Ida Polatyka (indexed Ida Polatyko), same address. Employer W.P.A.; work at Indiantown Gap Reservation, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Reverse dated February 16, 1942, registrar for Local Board 3, Annville, Pennsylvania; stamped jurisdiction Local Board 4, Schuylkill County. Reverse image 44033_11_00303-00542. Registration does not establish military service. Identity correlated with John in the original 1940 Alex/Ida Polityka household and the 1953 death certificate signed by Ida at the same address. Birth conflict remains: 1940 census age 47, draft 1898, death certificate 1901. Contact field alone does not specify relationship; obituary AI indexes naming Ida as sister remain qualified secondary leads.