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...guns, slides and turrets: ahead of schedule, thanks to a fine job of forced-draft expansion and production on the part of steelmakers...
...favorite dancing master (Mr. Astaire) is caught in the draft and, unable to control his feet or his temper, becomes a permanent resident of the camp guardhouse. His favorite chorine (Miss Hayworth) turns up at camp in the wake of an Army officer (John Hubbard). She eventually solves everything by marrying the jailbird. Comic honors go to swivel-tongued Cliff Nazarro, double-talker extraordinary, who spreads utter confusion whenever he opens his mouth. The picture is well done and well directed...
Physical examinations for the draft are showing one-third of American manhood ill-toothed, ill-doctored, and ill-fed. One out of every two men inspected for military service has been rejected for ailments ranging from mouldy teeth to syphilis. Of these 900,000 physically unfit men, 200,000 have been reported by draft board medicos as readily curable. President Roosevelt last month announced a plan--not yet in effect--to have these 200,000 treated by their own doctors at government expense...
...game time, the Puritans could only produce six or seven players, but managed to draft several Ramblers and Gold Coasters that were standing around, and played anyway. The green shifted Rabbits won the game on one of the most beautifully executed plays we've seen this year, when, form a spread formation with left end Bill Eustis playing wide. John Hughes heaved a thirty yard pass to Eustis, who took it in the end zone...
...request from the Department of the Interior asks for biology students to help the Fish and Wild Life division test for water pollution around munitions factories and military establishments, starting at $2000 yearly. Although it has not yet been stated whether this is a full-fledged defense job conferring draft exemption, the chances are good. It may conceivably be left up to each local Draft Board. The essential requirement is "six semester-hours of physiology"; Biology 3a covers two-thirds of this...