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...before Franklin Roosevelt gave new and sweeping powers to War Manpower Commissioner Paul Vories McNutt (TIME, Dec. 14) he went over the final draft of the order with a group which included McNutt, War Secretary Henry L. Stimson, Navy Secretary Frank Knox, and WPBoss Donald Nelson. When the President came to the section stopping all enlistments in the armed forces, Secretary Knox is said to have begged...
Today is the last opportunity for all men born between July 1 and August 31, 1942 to register for the draft, officials of the local draft board in P.B.H. emphasized yesterday...
Registration with the local draft does not irrevocably classify a student in Cambridge, an official said, for if students list their own draft boards on the application the blanks will be referred there...
...program is to provide the Army Air Corps with a large group of mathematically-minded draft-age youths for service with the meteorology air force unit. These men are to accompany flight units in bombing and reconnaissance duty overseas...
...grim change from last year was presented by new material notes creeping into posters. Reflecting a general trend towards draft-pessimism, it urges students to get rid of their old clothes in a good cause before their raiment becomes O. D. or Navy Blue...