- Headline
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Roosevelt OK's Draft, Calls 16,500,000 to Enroll Oct. 16
- Sub-Headline
- One-Year Volunteers to Be Taken Before Conscripts Are Summoned
- Publication Date
- Tuesday, September 17, 1940
- Historical Event
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President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
This database includes 2,535 articles about this event - Article Type
- Newspaper
- Page Section and Number
- A1
- Author/Byline
- AP
- History Unfolded Contributor
-
Cathleen C.
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- Location of Research
- http://dallaslibrary.org/
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