Title
"Secretary Stimson Draws No. 158"
Description
Article from a Beaumont newspaper about the conscription lottery drawing in held in Washington, D.C. On October 30, 1940. The article includes a photograph Secretary Stimson dipping his hand into a glass container and srawing out a capsule bearing the no. 158. According to the article is was the nation's first peacetime draft lottery.
Subject
Newspaper clippings
World War, 1939-1945
Lotteries--United States--1940-1950
Source
Photograph Collection - Nederland Historical Society
Publisher
Electronic version published by Marion & Ed Hughes Public Library, Nederland, Texas
Contributor
Nederland Historical Society
Rights
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Collection must be obtained from the Nederland Historical Society
Format
TIFF
300dpi, tiff, Epson GT20000
Type
text
Identifier
NDHS-0020-014
Temporal Coverage
1940s
Date Created
1941-1945
Date Submitted
2016