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Show Drawing July 17 For Registrants Selective service headquarters in Washington announced Wednesday Wed-nesday that the lottery for newly registered men of 21 would be held there July 17. A total of 750 numbers will be drawn. The largest number of men registered in any draft district dis-trict was 661 in the Sparrows Point district of Baltimore. Secretary of War Stimson will be invited to draw the first number num-ber from the same glass jar out of which thousands of numbers were taken in the draft lottery last October, when priorities for service were determined among 16.500,00 registered at that time. The ceremony a week from Thursday will be much simpler than that of last year and officials offi-cials predicted the entire drawing would be completed in about two hours. The order of service of an estimated 750,000 registrants will be involved. Colonel Charles R. Morris of Elizabeth. Xey Jersey, tne rrfan who blind-folded President Wilson Wil-son preliminary to drawing the first draft number in the World i war. will be present to fix the blindfold over Secretary Stimson's : eyes w hen the ceremonies start at 7 p.m., a week from Thursday-. , ' As the numbers are drawn out , of the melon-ipinJd capsules cobalt co-balt blue were used in October t they will be read aloud and enter-, enter-, ed on a master list. As soon as . possible after the drawing is , completed copies of this list will be furnished to the country's 6500 selective service boards for their t guidance in integrating the latest group of registrants among the men already on their rolls. m |