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Speakers at the recent "Educational Crisis" conference in Washington, D.C., painted a picture of colleges devoted to Army and Navy officers-to-be, returned by the services, sub-draft Freshmen, and the physically deficient...
Though the details of this proposal have not been revealed, broad outlines of it were sketched by President Roosevelt in his message on the lowered draft age bill. It seems to consist of those men who, after their 13 weeks of basic training, show the potentialities, though as yet undeveloped, of officers. They will return, in uniform and at Government expense, to the colleges for "training for specific posts." While in college, they will draw...
Died. Lieut. Colonel (ret.) Charles Robert Morris, 67, deviser of the pellets-in-a-fishbowl process of drawing the first draft numbers; in Lebanon, N.J. He blindfolded Pellet-Picker Newton D. Baker in the first drawing of World War I, blindfolded Henry L. Stimson in World War II. History-minded, he used the same blindfold in both drawings...
Ample statistics back Dr. East's findings. In the 1918 draft, rejection rates for bad teeth, per 1,000 men, were: 102.85 in Vermont, 2.90 in Arkansas. In the Civil War drafts, rejections for bad teeth were twice as frequent in New England as in Delaware and Maryland. Preliminary reports on 1940-42 draftees again indicate, says Dr. East, that "the southern and southwestern States will have the lowest rates" of rejections for bad teeth...
...Cinemactor Kelly, expecting a date at The Palace, cripples his hand to dodge the draft, then becomes an overseas Y.M.C.A. entertainer in remorse, at last achieves military valor, the renewed love of Miss Garland and the long-deferred moment on the stage of The Palace...