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Headline: Oct. 16 Is Set As Registration Date for Draft
Sub-Headline: Roosevelt Signs Bill Ordering 16 Million Men to Register for Army Call to 'Fend Off War'

Publication Date: Tuesday, September 17, 1940
Historical Event: President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
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Tags: U.S. Government Responses to the Nazi Threat
Article Type: News Article
Newspaper: The Asbury Park Press/The Evening Press/Asbury Park Evening Press
Location: Asbury Park, New Jersey
Page Section and Number: 1
Author/Byline: AP
History Unfolded Contributor: Makayla V.
Location of Research: ProQuest Historical Newspapers (www.proquest.com)

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