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Only the Beginning. In Quebec draft-age youths paraded, sang A Bas la Conscription! (Down with Conscription!) to the tune of God Save the King, and tore down Union Jacks. But generally, French Canadians heeded the timely and wise admonition of Quebec's Premier Maurice Duplessis: ". . . Have respect for the laws." There were some disturbances elsewhere. In six British Columbia towns, drafted troops of the Pacific Command paraded noisily and shouted: "This is only the beginning. Blame the Government!" They had just learned they were to be among the first to go overseas. At Vernon, B.C., the soldiers mauled...
...over, including Selective Service preinductees, with a knowledge of mathematics and physics and a slight knowledge of radio and electricity, are eligible to take an examination at the Navy Rerouting Station. Men under draft age or those waiting for induction, will be assured of being assigned to naval service if they complete the test successfully...
Left-Winger. New Representative from Washington State's First District is young Hugh De Lacy, 34, ex-college instructor and left-winger, who once called the draft a "fascist-like measure." Now a shipyard worker, De Lacy methodically changed clothes after work each day to campaign, because, he said, dungarees and tin hat "limit your appeal...
...Cadet Nurse Corps, warned nurses after a trip to the European front: "If you do not respond, then we on Capitol Hill will be forced to find some way, because we will have our men cared for." But there did not appear to be any way short of a draft. U.S. women had endless reasons for not volunteering...
...bony hide like armor. Dr. von Bonde became interested in it when he learned that Malay fishermen of Cape Town were in the habit of drying it and hanging it up with a string to determine the direction of coming gales. He hung a Seevarkie in a draft-free room in his aquarium. The nose of the dead, free-swinging fish pointed in a certain direction. Sure enough, winds began to blow from the same direction outdoors shortly thereafter...