Readiness for Registration Tomorrow at Ward Board
A Boston ward selective service board reports rapid registrations as men fill out forms in under three minutes. Fred J. Ayer and Herbert E. Miller are among those registered, with details on age, address, occupation, and next steps for out of town registrants. The busy room also notes visitors including Otto Knabe and Prince Mechel.
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Ward Selective Service Board
Huntington Avenue
Fred John Ayer
Automat Company
George H. Grueby
Fred J. Ayer
Boylston Street
Boston
Mass
Grueby
Local Board 7
Ayer
Herbert Eugene Miller
Whitestone
L. I
David E. Samuels
Miller
Mansfield
Prince Mechel
Harvard
United States Service
District 7
Registration Day Urges Massachusetts Men to Enroll Fast
Massachusetts selective service boards prepare to register 450000 men ages 18 to 46 for U S military service. Officials urge swift, accurate answers and no liquor sales during 7 am to 9 pm registration hours. Volunteers are needed across districts to handle clerical work and ensure a smooth process.
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Selective Service Board
Massachusetts
United States
Berlin
Peters
Boston
Andrew J. Peters
Find Out Today Where to Register
Public notices urge citizens to locate registration sites now warning that delays risk penalties. The message advises contacting police, letter carriers, the police station, local boards, or city clerks to confirm registration locations before Thursday.
Call to Duty Encourages Registration by President Wilson
President Wilson frames registration as a duty and national service, urging every true man to respond with pride and join in vindicating a great cause by offering supreme service at the summons.
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Wilson
MORSE
Employers urged to balance deferments with national military needs
The speaker warns that failure to register risks loss of delayed classification and possible induction, with penalties of up to a year in prison. Only 6 percent of Class 1 registrants are in the industrial workforce, urging employers to weigh broader depletion, supply alternatives, and deferment effects on national interests.
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Army
Navy
Will Call Younger Men First to Camp
Provost Marshal General Crowder announced that younger men will be called first for camp service and that older men will not be inducted while supplies last. Questionnaires will go to registrants in these ages and local boards must classify quickly so some may be called in October.
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Uncle Sam
Selective Service
Crowder
Prepare Answers Before Visiting Draft Board
Registrants should study the questions in advance, read them carefully, and prepare mental answers before approaching the registration table to lighten the task for themselves and for the board.
Out-of-Towners Urged to Register at City Hall
Citizens subject to the draft who will be away from home must register at City Hall today. Failure to register is a serious offense under the U S government with a heavy prison penalty provided.
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Draft Board Henadquarters
Thia
United States
General Crowder urges industry aid in wartime draft deferments
General Crowder addresses employers and industry representatives urging active involvement in classifying new registrants. He notes the War Department expects 601,000 physically fit men from over 81 and details the student training corps, occupational deferment rules, and the need for industry to assess essential workers amid mass registration and labor shifts.
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War Department
Crowder
Registrant State Age In Years Only During Interview
The registrant must declare age strictly in years, ignoring months and days. He should be ready to answer with a specific year like 34 or 38, not phrased as 34 years, 3 months.
Subdivision Names Required for Alien Registrants
Registrants must provide both the country and the subdivision name, for example Great Britain and Scotland, when completing alien registration forms. The rule emphasizes listing the country’s subdivision to identify residency.
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Great Britain
Scotland
General Crowder Urges Employers Train Women for Jobs
General Crowder asks employers to study their plants and industry to identify indispensable workers and to review deferment conditions in the regulations. He mentions training substitutes and the availability of women workers for workers’ places.
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Crowder
Low Draft Class 1 Participation Report
Provost General Crowder announces that only 6 percent of registrants were placed in Class 1. The figure reflects minimal early mobilization in the 1917 draft.
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Industrian
Ae Provost
General Crowder
Dorchester Draft Board Seeks Volunteers for Registration
Dorchester six districts face a registration rush with over 150000 residents. Wards 11 17 18 19 20 and 21 call for clerks and volunteers to assist registrars, offering shifts from hour to full day to handle the looming workload.
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Dorchester
Winthrop Women Save Drowning Man
Mrs. W. H. Hodgkins and Mrs. W. Skinner of 4 Cliff Avenue rescued Aurel Belinski, 82, of 586 Shirley Street, from a strong undertow after he moved into the surf and fought to avoid being pulled back to shore.
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Winthrop Highlands
Aurel Belinski
Shirley Street
W. H. Hodgkins
W. Skinner
Cliff Avenue
Independent Cutters Seek War Labor Board Ruling on Brockton
In Brockton on September 10 the Independent Cutters Association voted to urge the federal War Labor Board to issue a decision on the Brockton labor dispute. Workers had returned to duty pending a board ruling after a seven week strike. a Washington hearing was held two weeks prior with no decision yet.
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Brockton
Independent Cutters’ Association
Federal War Labor Board
Washington
Cutters
Fishing market prices and a rapid shipbuilding record
Ex-vessel sales at the fish pier show haddock and cod prices and other species. A Great Lakes built steamship reached sea in 27 days from keel laying, passing locks to the St Lawrence with about 8550 tons cargo, beating the Tuckahoe’s record. John Wylde of Patterson Wylde Co named British shipping director. navigation on the Charles River to resume next Sunday after drawbridge repairs. The Ethel F Merriam will become a harbor water boat with tanks and steam and electric pumps installed. A notice from the Governor of St Pierre et Miquelon was received by the French consul for mariners.
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Haddock
Atlantic
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Tuckahoe
John Wylde
Patterson, Wylde & Co
Broadway
New York
Wylde
Boston
Charles River
St. Pierre Et Miquelon
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J. A. Hanson
District 9
William F. Kearns
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Boston Common
Roger Wolcott
Adjutant General’s Staff
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Boston Central Draft Committee
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Geneva Ave
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Dorchester Ave
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Dudley St
Theodore A. Glynn
Mt. Pleasant
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Etrect
Hey
Selective Service Boards
West St
Washington ST
Boston Baggage Co
S&f
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Dorchester Board
Winthrop
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