In re Otness

GOODMAN, District Judge.

Petitioner, a citizen of Norway, aged 51 years, a resident of the United States since 1913 and married to an American born wife since 1929, petitioned for citizenship on May 15, 1942, under Section 310(a) of the Nationality Act of 1940, c. 876, 54 Stat. 1144, 8 U.S.C.A. § 710(a).

In the United States District Court, for the Western District of Washington, petitioner, in 1914, had filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen. In September, 1918, he withdrew his declaration of intention and thereby accomplished his release from liability for military service under…