Show colorful C r incidents surround registration I 1 of nations nation s manpower manpower for peacetime draft by JOHN L NUGENT released by western newspaper union washington D DC C americas first peacetime draft registration was marked with hundreds deeds of interest interesting big and colorful ul incidents ansome 00 amen men between the ages of 21 and 35 listed essential information regarding themselves for use by military conscription authorities I 1 good nature lighted by the usual american wisecrack wise crack coupled with an undertone of dead seriousness characterized the progress of the registration in all parts of the country minor crises arising from misunderstandings or errors cropped up in 1 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 dramatic the comic and the routine below are presented some of th the e highlights and sidelights of the eve event tit 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 question when he registered in portland ore his wife was a precinct registrar 1 I know all the answers to these other questions she said but did you put the cat out 1 when two chinese laundrymen wong sam and canio 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 all the questions 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 draft officials announced that some 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 but not before two hours after registration opened one lad rushed up to count county y judge jarecki in the chicago election boards office with what do I 1 do now judge ive already lost my card 1 in a name one registrar complained that an applicant had scribbled so badly she read his name cant help it said the man first names ignatius never could spell it the first man to sign up in superior wis was woodrow wilson F franklin 23 who said he was named after the world war president who proclaimed the 1917 draft the new york giants football team were thrown for a loss when 25 of them entered a school to register marching in a body from their hotel they were stopped by a line of anemic narrow shouldered clerks meekly they fell in at the end of the line 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 gunners patriotism must be especially y strong in philadelphia A 71 year old man wanted to register 1 and a boy who was to be 21 on the following saturday first the registrar said too old then too young one oak park ill 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 so I 1 can get my fishing license as a resident he explained its cheaper that way he got one card from oak park Ul children ildren acted as guides to draftees at a philadelphia school they showed the men the way to the various classrooms where registration was being held 4 0 several women reported to registration places in south philadelphia pa thinking they had to register too w ft wa 1 K W Q e 0 warren pershing son of general john J pershing is shown as he h registered in new york city for the draft the son of one of arne amor ta ca s greatest and most loved soldiers young pershing was one of young men between 21 and 35 years of age who took their first step ste in military conscription plans by listing essential personal information inform atio selective service old memories were brought back for 10 chicago registrants rushing hushing into one of the classrooms when the school was opened they squeezed themselves selves behind the little desks and sang school days while looking attentively at the blackboards registration was 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 A band played lustily in front of of indian creek school near aurora ill when the first man reported to register 0 registration called out three of minnesotan Min highest officials gov harold E stassen 33 gov C elmer anderson 28 23 and senator designate joseph H bau ball 34 had to report to register 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 cary grant buck jones george obrien james cagney and william boyd but prominent among hollywood names registered were those of robert taylor james stewart cesar romero orson welles broderick crawford and william holden other movie registrants included lew ayres henry fonda john payne don Ar ameche neche 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 artie shaw ennis john mack brown dick foran franchot tone lon chan chaney ey J jr r and noah beery jr A number of children groupe grouped d in front of one chicago school and sang youre in the army now so loud it could be heard for blocks officials had a hard time writing in the name of one registrant who was born in the philippine islands his name is hermenegildo Hermon 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