Draft calls resume as lines form for early induction
Washington reports the draft resumes after a two month shutdown. Reception centers will begin forming next week as selective service aims to meet a 25 000 man quota in the 1929 age group by September. New deferment categories include college teachers home builders critical production and transportation workers. Eighteen year olds register but wait until age nineteen.
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Washington
Selective Service
Army
Congress
Atomic Age Wonders Make Othman Wish It Were 1890
Washington columnist Frederick C. Othman mocks postwar consumer miracles and urges nostalgia for 1892. He lists electrified toothbrushes, fireproof shoelaces, heatproof pipes, crystal earrings, half beer half ale bottles, and a potato alcohol drink with brown coloring, noting how these items tempt a wish for older times.
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Othman
Rocky Mountains
New Gadgets Parade Offers Novel Household Delights
A catalog of gizmos and luxuries appears with gadgets like wood chip bourbon liqueur flavored items. Metronomes for piano, silent alarm clocks, nose auto lighting, bumper lighted cars, gas powered ice cream makers, self locking pants, vibrating razors, moon phase watches, gold plated brushes, Lumi nous hooks, and UV bathed refrigerators. Prices listed include 24.25 and 275 dollars. Hermetically sealed aluminum suitcases appear among items.
Postwar Grievances and Gas Saving Frustrations
The speaker vents about clothing carryall edges and gas savings as a fellow punctures a toy balloon. They announce intolerance for more postwar wonders and threaten a blanket retreat from modern comforts.
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