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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Wenatchee Daily World
- Location:
- Wenatchee, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 7
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President Signs Draft Bill and First Contingent of 75,000 Must Go Month After Registering; Ages 21 Through 35
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Wenatchee Daily World
- Location:
- Wenatchee, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Wenatchee Daily World
- Location:
- Wenatchee, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- UP
- Page:
- 1
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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Wenatchee Daily World
- Location:
- Wenatchee, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 7
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October 16 Set as Date When 16,500,000 Must Register for Military Training
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Carroll Daily Herald
- Location:
- Carroll, Iowa
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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F.D.R. Signs Measure; 1st Quota 75,000
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Palladium-Item and Sun-Telegram
- Location:
- Richmond, Indiana
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Illinoian-Star
- Location:
- Beardstown, Illinois
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- UP
- Page:
- 1
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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Burlington Free Press
- Location:
- Burlington, Vermont
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- Editorial or Opinion Piece
- Page:
- 6
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Conscription Bill Is Signed By President
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Deseret News
- Location:
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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President Roosevelt Makes Nation's First Peacetime Conscription Bill a Law at 1 O'clock This Afternoon and Issues Orders
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Macon Chronicle-Herald
- Location:
- Macon, Missouri
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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Will Require 16 Million Between Ages of 21 and 35 To Register for Service
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Kokomo Tribune
- Location:
- Kokomo, Indiana
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- UP
- Page:
- 1
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Selection of Personnel for Draft Boards Under Way at State Capital
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Kokomo Tribune
- Location:
- Kokomo, Indiana
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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Country Placed Virtually Upon Wartime Basis
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Moline Daily Dispatch
- Location:
- Moline, Illinois
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- AP
- Page:
- 1
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Long Range Guns Blast Across English Channel
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Reno Evening Gazette (aka Gazette Journal)
- Location:
- Reno, Nevada
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- UP
- Page:
- 1
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400,000 Will Go To Camps Late In Year
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Bremerton Sun
- Location:
- Bremerton, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- UP
- Page:
- 1
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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Bremerton Sun
- Location:
- Bremerton, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Page:
- 1
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- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- The Bremerton Sun
- Location:
- Bremerton, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Page:
- 8
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Quick Signing Of Draft Is Expected
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Arizona Republic
- Location:
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- UP
- Page:
- 1
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Seattle's Girls Have Own Ideas on Matter -- Most Say They Wouldn't Marry To Keep Man From Training
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Location:
- Seattle, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Author/Byline:
- Anne Stewart
- Page:
- 9
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Socialist Candidate for President Says His Party and Reds Have Nothing in Common
- Historical Event:
- President Roosevelt Signs Selective Training and Service Act
- Newspaper:
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer
- Location:
- Seattle, Washington
- Publication Date:
- Monday, September 16, 1940
- Article Type:
- News Article
- Page:
- 9