- Headline
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Roosevelt Signs Draft Act, Sets Registration Day
- Sub-Headline
- 16,500,000 Americans Between Ages of 21 and 35 Now Subject to Compulsory Military Training and Must Report for First Registration on October 16; President Asks Governors of States to Help With Work
- 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
- Page Section and Number
- 1
- Author/Byline
- Richard L. Turner (AP)
- History Unfolded Contributor
- Judith H.
- Location of Research
- Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com)
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