Germans Required to Register Here: W. E. Hess, Postmaster, to have charge of registration of aliens in Wilmette

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Featured Link: Lake Shore News (Wilmette, Illinois), 24 Jan 1918, p. 1
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Types: Articles; Photographs
Notes: The week of February 4 has been set aside by the Department of Justice for registration of the half million unnaturalized Germans in the continental United States by police and postmasters. Registration involves gathering information about every German together with his photograph and fingerprints. German women and persons under 14 are exempted. Registered aliens must carry an identity card.
Date of Publication: 24 Jan 1918
Subject(s): Aliens
World War One, 1914-1918
German Americans
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.288209
Language of Item: English
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