History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust

Headline: Draft Slants—Aged Negro Answered Call; One Had Grip Packed
Sub-Headline: Married Youth Worried. One Man Had No Address Said He Got No Mail

Publication Date: Thursday, October 17, 1940
Historical Event: President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
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Tags: Noteworthy Findings; U.S. Government Responses to the Nazi Threat
Article Type: News Article
Newspaper: Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location: Thomasville, Georgia
Page Section and Number: 4
Author/Byline: AP
History Unfolded Contributor: Mary F.
Location of Research: Library of Virginia: Find Newspaper Archive Database

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Milestones: 1937-1945 - American Isolationism in the 1930s (U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian)

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