History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust

Headline: MACHINERY FOR DRAFT SET UP IN PUERTO RICO
Sub-Headline: Selective Service Lottery Ready To Fix Drawings For 250,000 Men

Publication Date: Saturday, December 21, 1940
Historical Event: President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
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Tags: Black press; U.S. Government Responses to the Nazi Threat
Article Type: News Article
Newspaper: The Chicago Defender
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Page Section and Number: 3
Author/Byline: --
History Unfolded Contributor: 17 J.
Location of Research: ProQuest Historical Newspapers (www.proquest.com)

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