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...Department is concerned, the newsmen are still lost. The classification "Public Relations Men" is too inclusive, and "Reporters" too recent. Needed are experienced newsmen over 28 who have been in the army at least six months. Those in service who think themselves qualified should write their local draft boards, which will notify Selective Service Headquarters, which will tell the War Department...
Dancers. In London, Parliament came to the conclusion that men ballet dancers were not engaged in work of national importance, decided to draft them...
Under the direction of Dr. Fayban Packard '12, appointed in December 1940 as assistant examiner under the selective Service Act, the Department of Hygiene has cooperated with the Local Draft Board in examining and classifying 699 University students for military service. In addition, It has made 15 examinations for the Federal Bureau of investigation, and 20 for the Army and Navy Reserves...
Cinemactor Lew (Dr. Kildare) Ayres, who scored his first screen hit in the anti-war All Quiet On the Western Front, was sent to an undisclosed camp in the West as a conscientious objector. Of the 33-year-old ex-husband of Ginger Rogers the chairman of his draft board said: "We finally came to the conclusion that his objections to Army service were sincere. That's about all there is to say about the matter...
Numbers. In Columbia, S.C., Glenn Sigmon, who dreaded the number 13 so much that he had his street number changed from 1313 to 1315, got his draft number: 1313. In Baltimore, Elmer L. Brown, whose World War I identification tag was No. 5584, drew draft number...