History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust

Headline: Plans Afoot to Draft U.S. Youths Turning 21
Sub-Headline: Action Expected to Exempt Nearly All of 16,000,000 Registered Men Unless Crisis Arises

Publication Date: Sunday, December 22, 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 Detroit Evening Times/The Detroit Times
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Page Section and Number: 4
Author/Byline: Griffing Bancroft Jr. (INS Staff Correspondent)
History Unfolded Contributor: Margaret L.
Location of Research: Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com)

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