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...WITH WHICH NO ONE ON THE STATION IS FAMILIAR) "SLACKER," "SUCKER" AND "PROFITEER" ARE EVER USED, IT MUST BE IRONICALLY. THESE "SLACKERS" ARE TRAINING FOR A SERVICE WHICH HAS SUFFERED A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF CASUALTIES TO DATE THAN HAVE ANY OF THE ARMED SERVICES AND THEY KNOW IT. THESE "DRAFT DODGERS" ARE VOLUNTEERING FOR AS TEDIOUS, AS HAZARDOUS AND AS ESSENTIAL A DUTY AS THERE IS IN THE WHOLE WAR PROGRAM. THESE "PROFITEERS" COULD MAKE MORE MONEY IN DETROIT OR GARY OR CLEVELAND FROM THE BACKGROUND OF THEIR OWN HOMES WITH THE COMFORT AND PLEASURES OF PRIVATE LIFE THAN THEY...
...Property. In Santa Fe, Thomas E. Ball reported to police the loss of his wallet, which contained his birth certificate, draft registration card, Social Security card, driver's license, gas ration book, sugar & coffee ration book, and one $2 bill which he carried as a good luck charm...
They needed money, so they knocked off an armored car and snatched a $20,000 payroll. In these times they needed draft cards, so they carefully engineered pickpocket jobs and fifth-rate stickups to get cards that matched their descriptions. But above all they needed 24-hour-a-day caution, and discipline that surpassed anything they had ever known in prison...
...added to the units of the Army and Navy already studying at the School. The Faculty is now working at peak load, and it was felt impractical to organize and carry through an entire curriculum for the small class expected in February and there-after because of the lowered draft age and the new Manpower-College plan...
...most doubtful item in judging returnability was the practical application of draft laws. Just how fast men will be taken can not be predetermined, and various boards snap men up at different rates. In tabulating men subject to draft, officials divided them by age groups, and then estimated the date of call for each group...