President Proclamation Establishes June 5 Registration Day
President Wilson signs proclamation implementing the wartime draft act. The notice mandates male citizens aged 21 to 30 to register, with penalties for failure and details on registration by proclamation and mail options. It authorizes federal and state officials to enforce the act, including penalties and duties for officers and registrants.
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Wilson
United States
Congress
Regular Army
Navy
National Guard
Naval Militia
District Court of
Swore In Registration Officials in Haddon Township
County Clerk David Giles and Deputy Sheriff Otha Brodie swore in the Had don township precinct registration officials ahead of the June 5 registration for selective service. Registrars are George Blakeman Edley W Rogers Vernor Johnson Charles L Whalen with registration sites in Paxton Carlisle News office Whalen real estate office and Carlisle Public Library basement.
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David Giles
Otha Brodie
Carlisle
Haddon Township
Giles
Goodrich
George Blakeman
Edley W. Rogers
Vernor Johnson
Chas. L. Whalen
Paxton
C. L. Whalen
Carlisle Public Library
Albert Helms Heads to France for Railroad Rebuild
Albert V. Helms, son of Daniel V. Helms, visited his father and sister Helen Helms in Dallas from Dallas West Virginia where he works as a civil engineer for a railroad. He has joined the 12,000 strong railroad engineers division and plans to sail for France soon to aid in rebuilding railroads destroyed in the war. No sailing date is given.
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Albert V. Helms
Daniel V. Helms
Helen Helms
Dallas
West Virginia
Albert
Division of
Railroad Engineers
France
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Griffin Hardware
Clee
Dixie
F. O. B. Elkhart
F. R. Corbin
Wm. G. Orr
Orr Building
War Department
Albert Helms
Carlisle Chemical Co
Georgette
A. M. Kivett & CO
White House
Washington
America
Woodrow Wilson
Peoples State Bank
Star Roller Mills
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