Proclamation Calls 1917 Draft Registration
President Wilson issues the selective draft law proclamation setting the 5 June 1917 registration for males aged 21 to 30 with penalties for noncompliance. The order details registration duties, exemptions, mail options, and enforcement. emphasizes national unity and full participation in WWI effort.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Congress
Regular Army
Navy
National Guard
Naval Militia
District Court of
District of Columbia
War Department
Wilson Outlines Administration Food Program
President Wilson details a war time food administration plan with powers to regulate distribution and consumption and to requisition food supplies. He proposes a commissioner to oversee wartime controls while normal production and marketing stay with the agriculture department. Hoover to lead on a volunteer basis with no pay.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Hoover
Herbert Hoover
Fourth U S Grant Enlists in National Guard
U S Grant IV grandson of the former president has enlisted as a private in Company H of the Seventh Regiment National Guard. He is twenty three, born in San Diego, California, and is a Harvard graduate of 1915 who has worked at J P Morgan & Co in New York City.
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District Court of
United States
Woodrow Wilson
States
Board of Commissioners
District of Columbia
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
National Guard
Naval Militia
Alaska
Hawaiii
Porto Rico
France
Congress
Washington
United States of America
Robert Lansing
Secretary of
U. S. Grant IV
Grant
San Dies
Cal
U. S. Grant, Jr
Harvard
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York Bank
Going Too Far in a Wry Observational Line
A clipped aside mocks a man who edits appearances while hinting at a sculptor behind a window. The speaker implies a boastful pose over genuine skill, teasing vanity in social circles.
Great Pressure and the Squeezed Silver Dollar
A humorous exchange contrasts old fashioned greed with modern tightfisted spending. The elder quip describes squeezing a silver dollar until the eagle screams while noting current silver dollar scarcity and currency crease habits.
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Wyoming
Laon
Dora Rodriguez
San Francisco
Manchuria
Cee Beere
SS. Banchurs
Europe
Noyon
U. S. Grant
Peronne
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