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Henderson Daily Dispatch
Henderson, Vance County, North Carolina
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War Department increases January 1944 draft quota to 300,000 men, exceeding expectations due to lagging navy enlistments and draft board shortfalls amid fatherhood legislation uncertainty, keeping army-navy total steady for early 1944
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For January
Is 300,000
Washington, Nov. 29 - (AP) -
Some 300,000 men, or more than
the War Manpower Commission expected,
will be called up in their turn for military service
in January.
While it had indicated that army
draft requirements would drop
sharply after the first of the year,
the War Department has set
a January call twice as large
as expected.
As a result the combined army-
navy monthly quota will remain at
its present level of about 300,000 at
least for the first half of 1944.
The department had to increase its
January call by more than 50,000
above replacement requirements because of lagging enlistments in the
navy and due to the failure of draft
boards to meet their October quotas.
The draft boards' below standard
induction figures were attributed by
selective service officials to uncertainty over fatherhood legislation
and subsequent reluctance to order
pre-Pearl Harbor parents to report
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Primary Location
Washington
Event Date
January 1944
Outcome
combined army-navy monthly quota remains at about 300,000 for at least the first half of 1944
Event Details
The War Department sets a January draft call of 300,000 men, twice as large as expected, due to lagging navy enlistments and draft boards failing to meet October quotas from uncertainty over fatherhood legislation and reluctance to order pre-Pearl Harbor parents to report