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Show REGISTRATIDN DAYS FOR WOMEN NAMED Those Wishing to Become Eligible for Positions to Be Given Chance. MANY POSITIONS OPEN Signatures Received Wednesday Wed-nesday and Saturday at 3 Department Stores. Because of the great ncod of the Unitod States government for women workers in various capacities, Mrs. Sarah Kddington, city chairman of registration reg-istration of women for service of the women's stato council of defense, will hold a registration especially for those women seeking foderal positions open to them, Wednesday and Saturday of this week, at Keith-O'Brien's, Walker's and the Z. C. M. I. stores. The regis-trtaion regis-trtaion will be held from 2 to 6 o'clock Wodnesday and from 2 to 9 p. m. Saturday. Sat-urday. This was decided upon at a mooting of tho woman's committee of the Utah state council of national de-fonso, de-fonso, which met yesterday morning at tlio Bishop's building. Mrs. It. B. L. Collier reported that she had received final report on the registration from every county except Cache. Mrs. Collier has received a new list of additional positions for which women are wantod, since the original New Positions Many. list was publishod a short time ago. The uew positions are as follows: Upon dates, electrical draftsmon; assistant as-sistant to business manager, salary $1800; law clerks, $1000 to $1400; clerks in statistics, accounting and business busi-ness administration. Closed dates: May 22, 23, preparator in entomology; May 22, 23, Juno 19 and 20, clerk in modern languages; May 2S, vacancies in reclamation service, interior department, depart-ment, salaries $1800 to $3000. The sal-ary sal-ary for experienced stenographers has been raised from $900 to $1400. A telegram was sent to Miss Elsa Bamberger, a membor of the council now in the east, asking her to attend the national, council of defense meeting meet-ing in Washington and also tho peace conference as a special representative of Utah Mrs. Edward Bichsel of Og-den Og-den and Mrs. J. William Knight of HProvo are tho other delegates to the J council of defense meeting which will be held at the national capital May 13, 14 and 15. At a meeting of the executive committee com-mittee of the state of Utah council of ' defense, held Saturday afternoon, ar-. ar-. rangements for mass meetings to be held at Ogden and Salt Lake on May 17 and at Logan and Provo on May 18 were approved. Instead of calling all war workers from the state to assemble in Salt Lake City for a two-day meeting, meet-ing, the state council plans to take the meetings to the people. On Saturday afternoon, May 18, will he held meetings for war workers at Logan and at Provo, at which addresses will be made by Lieutenant Paul Peri-gord Peri-gord of the French army, Dr. James A. B. Scheror of the council of national defense, Professor Guy Stanton Ford of the University of Minnesota and George B. Chandler of the Connecticut council of defense. The work of the government and the part it expects Utah to play will be given in detail. At the mass meetings to be held at Ogden and Salt Lake and at Logan, these speakers will give tho general public first-hand information concerning concern-ing war work as it actually is. This war conference is one of a series of big get-together meetings being held all over tho country. In order to carry the messages from the French front to even remote parts of Utah, the council has arranged to have one of the fifty soldiers recently sent to America by General Pershing for this purpose tour the state during the latter part of May. The committee put itself squarely behind be-hind the movement to have meetings for drafted men held, at which their legal rights and privileges, conditions of health and moral and domestic relations rela-tions can be fully explained. Committee Named. A report from tho committee on survey sur-vey of man power was received and its recommendations that the following follow-ing persons be appointed to organize the volunteer industrial army to assist in emergency farm work was approved. The membersh'" is as follows: Salt Lake division Henry M. Din-woodey, Din-woodey, chairman; Grant Hampton, Merrill Nibley, Edgai- S. Hills, M. H. Sowles, Edward Chamberlain, W. T. Edwards, Ray Van Cott. Ogden division: George Browning, chairman; William Scowcroft, LeRoy Eccles, W. H. Shearman, Fred Harrington, Harring-ton, J. W. Abbott, Ralph Bristol. The following are from various towns in the state: Warren Cox, St. George; Roy Homer, Cedar City; Dan Stevens, Filimore; J. E. Hepler, Richfield; J. Y. Jensen, Ephraim; Walter Fitch, Jr., Eureka; John Mendenhall, Springville; Wash Chipman, American Fork; Don B. Col-ton, Col-ton, Vernal; R. R. Irvine, Provo; Preston Pres-ton G. Peterson, Provo; J. F. Tolton, Beaver; H. T. Hanks, Milford; T. C. Winn, Nephi; L. R. Anderson, Manti; R. C. Jacobs, Mt. Pleasant; John P. Creer, Spanish Fork; R. D. Wadley, Pleasant Grove; Ed Southwick, Lehi; Carl Marcusses, Price; Frank Pingree, Coalville; Henry Welch, Park City; David Holmgren, Tremonton; C. W. Dunn, Brigham City; Q. B. Kelly, Bingham. Measures were considered for adjusting ad-justing difficulties between the United States government and farmers who wanted to use water at the Strawberry project. A meeting of the council was ordered held next Saturday afternoon at the state capitol. |