| Show colorful incidents surround registration of nations nation manpower for peacetime draft by JOHN L NUGENT released by western newspaper union washington D C americas first peacetime draft registration was marked with hundreds of interesting and and colorful incidents as some men between the ages of 21 and 35 listed essential information re regarding gardin 9 themselves for use by military conscription authorities good nature lighted by the usual american wisecrack wise crack coupled with an undertone of dead seriousness characterized the progress of the red in all parts of the country minor crises arising from misunderstandings or errors cropped up in many sections but all were swiftly ironed out no acts of violence were reported the registration gave a panorama of life a bit of the heroic the t e dramatic dr ah the comic and the routine n below are presented some of th the and sidelights of the event that marked the first step toward raising the strength of americas armed forces through the selective service act roy beadle had to answer only one que question stion when he registered in portland ore his wife was a prec precinct registrar 1 I know all the answers to these other questions she said but did you put the cat out a 0 when two chinese laundrymen wong sam and canic ho of philadelphia sat down to register they presented a page notebook to the registrar it contained their histories in chinese characters just to be certain they could answer answer all the questions a 4 do you mean to say you dont know your cifes maiden name asked a chicago registrar the young man shook his head nope he answered ive never met her folks school teachers acting as registrars at gehant mass drew lots for the distinction of registering john roosevelt youngest son of the president miss mary shea won the honor 0 0 draft officials announced that some dome men between the ages of 21 and 35 will not be registered for several months or even years inmates of prisons will be registered on the day of release budnot but not before 0 two hours after registration opened one lad rushed up to county judge jarecki in the chicago election boards office with what do I 1 do now judge ive already lost toy my cardl in a name one registrar complained that an applicant had bad scribbled so badly she coulden couldn t rea read his name cant help it said the man first r st names ignatius Ignat lus never could spell 10 it the first man to sign up in superior wis was woodrow wilson franklin 23 who said he be was named after the world war president who proclaimed the 1917 draft plants the new york rk giants football team were thrown for a loss when 25 of them entered a school to register marching in a body from their hotel botel they were stopped by a line of anemic narrow shouldered clerks meekly they tell fell in at the end of the line a 0 forty midgets fidgets from the new york worlds fair had to stand on chairs to register they all said they wanted to be airplane machine gimners gunners patriotism must be especially strong in philadelphia A 71 year old man wanted to register and a boy who was to be 21 on the following saturday first the registrar said too old then too young one oak park M registrant demanded two cards one for his oak park home and the other listing him as a resident of wisconsin id like to use the wisconsin address to 0 o I 1 can get my fishing license as a resident he explained its cheaper that way he got one card from oak park children acted as guides to draftees at a philadelphia school they showed the men the way to the various lui classrooms where registration was vas being held several women reported to registration places in south philadelphia pa thinking they had bad to register too 0 0 several 38 36 year old new yorkers found out they were only 85 35 and eligible tor for the draft their birth certificates were based on the julian calendar of russia but the ima 13 day y lag ag of the gregorian calendar used in n the U S made them only 35 there is little doubt about the constancy of charles charlei H Burk hardts love for his big flarcie fia fla acie acee florence heywood when he be registered in chicago be listed miss heywood as the one person who will always know his address ad dreis 4 A M i 4 warren pershing general john j pershing is shown as a he e registered in newyork new york city for the draft the son of one of 0 americas Imeri cai greatest and most loved soldiers young pershing was wa one ne of young men between 21 and 35 years of age who wk took their first step in military conscription plans by listing essen bial personal information for selective service officials old memories were brought back for 10 chicago registrants rushing into one of the classrooms when the school was opened they squeezed themselves behind the little desks and sang school days while looking attentively at the blackboards 01 registration was wa t temporarily postponed in evanston ill when officials ran out of ink one man had to drive to the city hall for another bottle before the work could be resumed 0 a 0 A band played lustily in front of indian creek school near aurora ill when the first man reported to register registration called out three of minnesotan Min highest officials gov harold E stassen 33 gov C elmer anderson 28 and senator designate joseph H ball 34 had to report to register 0 0 surprisingly few of the topflight top flight movie heroes were young enough to register some of the leading actors who were older than the draft requirement limit of 35 years were dark clark gable gary cooper spencer tracy ronald coleman gary cary grant buck jones george obrien len james cagney and william boyd but prominent among hollywood names registered were were those of robert taylor james stewart cesar romero bodero orson welles broderick crawford and william holden registrants 0 other movle movie registrants included lew ayres henry fonda john payne don ameche john carradine tyrone power laird cregar george sanders eddie albert herbert anderson william lundigan jeffrey lynn dennis morgan wayne morris ronald reagan ray milland william henry lee bowman john carroll douglas mcphail tony martin robert young john garfield galfield gal field artle artie shaw ennis john mack brown dick foran franchot Frane hot tone lon chaney chancy jr and noah beery jr 6 a 0 A number ol of children grouped in front of one chicago school and sang youre to the army now so loud it could be heard for blocks 0 0 0 officials had a hard time writing in the name ol of one registrant who was born in the philippine islands me his name Is sobrevilla |
