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Photogrief. In Springfield, lII., a city editor was asked indignantly why there was no picture of the last draft group in his paper, replied sadly that his photographer had been one of the group...
This sensational record has been made with few stars stars−1939's team, which started the winning streak, has long since passed to the draft boards. The real explanation : tough players, a tougher coach...
...days healing time before he can go back on duty. In 1940 the Navy found that the cysts were responsible for more hospitalization than hernia or syphilis. In last week's Southern Medical Journal, Dr. Louis Arthur Buie of the Mayo Clinic said that after draft officials got over being choosy and started sending along pilonidal cyst cases, "overconscientious" Army & Navy surgeons began operating on all cysts, even uninfected "dimples." Purpose: to remove the possibility of a cyst crisis at the front. This zeal put so many men to bed that an order came down saying in effect...
...Japanese in Canada, only 431 have been interned since Pearl Harbor, 256 of them Canadian citizens. In spite of this record, British Columbians (and most Canadians) view both Nisei and other Japanese with deep suspicion. Unlike the U.S., Canada has not called any Canadians of Japanese blood in her draft...
...Army was gleaning the draft crop last week for ready-made technicians. Two years ago the harvests had been rich; almost 50% of the draftees had various technical skills. Now, as Selective Service raked over the green crop of youngsters who formed the bulk of new draftees, officials found that only some 180 out of every 1,000 had "usable skills...