Senate to Vote Dad Draft Delay Concedes
Senate leaders consider delaying the draft for fathers with administration officials signaling broad support. Wheeler indicates he will move for a September 15 hearing and to postpone production until after January 1. War department opinions split among senators as Stimson opposes the bill, while Byrd and others weigh departmental recommendations. Meanwhile St. Louis civil service chief Scearce begins a three week furlough after being drafted and sworn into the army.
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Biles Washington
Wheeler
Fe Wheeler
Senate “Military Committee
Rouse
May
War Lampower
McNuit
Cal
Stimson
War Department
Byrd
Department
Mst Louis
Biliots Scearce
Civil Service Commission
City of
St. Louis
Army
Beearre
Questions and answers on drafting of fathers
Washington September details on how calls for men to be inducted under the selective service system include rules about drafting fathers. It explains that fathers may be drafted if needed to fill October calls, outlines why single men are called first, and describes national and local allocation processes and categories for induction decisions.
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Washington
L—vis
Tuipower Commission
Nany
Navy
Army
Selective Service
Voneress
War Department
Ang Theavy Department
Advanche
Guocaco
Lecuve
Orine Cass
Nis
Draft Notice Reaches Yank In Foxhole
Chickasha Oklahoma September 1 1945 draft notice reaches Howard Simpson who is in Sicily dodging shells and mosquitoes. He describes life in a foxhole and notes he stands six feet tall and weighs 220 pounds while the draft board has no record of recall. He jokes about the FBI catching dodgers and laments the trouble he already faces.
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Chickasha
Ukla
Howard Simpson
Sicily
Simpson
Weitran Simpson
Army
Ensign Resigns Navy to Join Marines at Paris Island
Georgetown man John Merton Patrick, 21, resigns as ensign in the U S Navy and becomes Private Patrick in the Marine Corps at Paris Island South Carolina. He claims motive is to fight the enemy at close range after years of combat in Alaska Aleutians Pacific Iceland and North Atlantic. He hopes to reach a combat zone by Christmas.
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Iskies
John Merton Patrick
U. S. Navy
Patrick
U. S. Marine Sworps
Paris Island
South Carolina
Merle Patrick
Aleutian
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Pacific
Iceland
North Atlantic
Northwestern University
Marine Corps
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