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...ascertained: that for all men over 20 the ERC would be ineffective as a deferment program after the new year. Details of military training were not made clear and no statement was forthcoming as to whether this ERC age maximum would be decreased to correspond with a lowered draft...
Those of the Class of 1946 who are able to remain until graduation will leave the College at times varying from September 1944 to June 1946. Enlisted reserve plans and the prospect of a lowered draft, however, make any definite plans impracticable...
...four days at the Los Angeles Navy recruiting station 500 to 600 men who took draft officials at their word were in line and two extra medical examining rooms were opened to accommodate the crowd. The Marine recruiting office was snowed under. So was the Coast Guard. An office set up by the Army to recruit ground crews was as swamped as the Navy...
...semiprecious light steel or cast iron. The generator can be mounted on the rear bumper, the trunk compartment or the rumble seat, can be charged with coal or charcoal, but more cheaply with a charge of equal parts of sawdust and chopped or "hogged" wood. A carefully controlled draft prevents complete combustion of the wood while generating carbon monoxide, the fuel actually used by the motor. The combustible gas is blown or sucked into the engine manifold. Cleaners are provided to remove tar, water, dust...
...conference they heard disquieting reports: lowering of the draft age to 18 or 19 (making students subject to immediate call) was virtually a certainty after election; the Navy may resort to the draft; even if the Armed Forces allowed students to stay in college for training as reservists, they would cut enrollment and curriculum to the bone of military necessity...