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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
2
The document details local boards issuing and serially numbering registration cards. It outlines the creation of ordered lists, posting procedures, and forwarding requirements to adjutant generals. It specifies handling of improperly numbered cards and the assignment of serial numbers by state or district authorities.
Baseball star Shafer praised Peplac as the old pep booster for energy and endurance in athletes and workers. The ad notes Shafer’s ties to Ty Cobb, his stage work, and his role as a scout, with Elvington's Dependable Drug Store introducing Peplac via George L. Burke.
Miss Jackie stars in Sunny Jane a five part melodrama produced at Horkheimer Lung Beach with wealth of incidental material. Written by H O Stecihan and directed by Sherwood McDonald. Jack Saunders recalls childhood games while Jane the harum scaram country girl pursues adventures with a brave knight rescue.
Jewel Carmen in Los Angeles keeps seven canaries named for days of the week and famous singers. Sunday Sembrich, Monday McCormack, Tuesday Tetrarzzini, Wednesday Witzengrau, Thursday Caruso, Friday Fritz Scheff, Saturday Scotti imitate their namesakes. Each bird keeps a lively chorus in her sun parlor as she films in A Tale of Two Cities.
Regulations detail how duplicate or illegible serial numbers on registration cards are resolved. One card in each group bearing the common serial is drawn by lot, other cards are rejected or reassigned. Cards received after July 10 1917 lacking serial numbers are to be assigned by lot by the adjutant general under governor or commissioner oversight.
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