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Show WOMEN OF OGH ID CDUWTYTO REGISTER FDR WAR PURPOSES All women of Weber county and Ogden city who are willing to register their names on the nation-wide canvass can-vass of women workers will have this opportunity on November 10, according accord-ing to Mrs. D. S. Spencer, local chairman chair-man of the registration for this city. This registration is a classification of all women workers of the United States and has been proclaimed by Governor Bamberger officially for the state of Utah for Saturday, November 10. Those who register will not bo drafted nor will they be subject to any unpleasant federal regulations. If they can offer their services to the government, however, they might bo called. It is a thorough check on the woman power of the nation. Mrs. Spencer will visit the county districts within the next few days and appoint registration chairmen In each district so that the work of classifying classify-ing all of the women of the county will be expedited. She will then organize or-ganize the city for registration, the registrars and registration places to be announced later. Mrs. R. E. L. Collier, Col-lier, third vice chairman of tho National Na-tional Council of Defense, women's committee for Utah, has requested Mrs. Spencer to do this work. Records Kept The registration cards will contain all necessary information concerning the registrant and will be kept for ref-ences. ref-ences. The objects of the registration as set forth by the national committee follows: 1. To give every woman an opportunity oppor-tunity to offer to her country such service as Bhe is best fitted to render. 2. To interpret to the government ; the possibilities of the woman power of tho country. 3. To furnish accurate information to the government of the capacities 1 in which women are now serving, ' whether in their own homes or in paid ' pursuits, trades or professions, 4. To have in every community lists of women, carefully classified, who are ready to be called upon for service to their country in trained or untrained canacltv. 5. To ascertain which women arc available for service outside the homo and which are not. 6. To list the women who wish to take training in order to give more efficient ef-ficient service. 7. To bo able to furnish women in salaried positions whether for government gov-ernment service or noL 8. To bo able to place women who can volunteer their services in positions posi-tions of usefulness In many fields. 9. To have a registry of the capacities capaci-ties and training of tho women of tho country as a basis for the work of the woman's committee of the National Council of Defense. Some points which the committee wishes to emphasize are that women will not be called from tholr homos for service, if they register, they will not have to be taken to Europe or from their own cities for service, their registering as competent workers will not mean that their husbands will be taken for war service, nor will they be subject to criticiBm If thoy register for service and find they cannot respond re-spond when tho time comes. Women should register for what they are doing do-ing now and for what they can do or if they do any extra Borvice for the government. Women will not he re quired to give their exact age but are requested to do so as many government govern-ment positions require a statement of the age. They can at least state that thoy are over 30 and under 40 years of ago. Some of tho groups under which the various positions for woman's service are classified are as follows: Agricultural, Agricul-tural, clerical, domestic, industrial, professional, public service, social service, Red Cross and allied relief, and miscellaneous. Nurses and physicians physi-cians aro especially desired. Dentists and trained workers of all kinds also are needed. oo . |