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Imperial Valley Press
El Centro, Imperial County, California
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In Pasadena, Selective Service Board chairman J. A. Byrne predicted on Jan. 22 that inducting about 1000 Japanese Americans would delay drafting local fathers for months, following the War Department's recent authorization affecting 18,000 interned Nisei and others nationwide; 100 volunteers already accepted.
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PASADENA, Jan. 22 (UP)—J. A. Byrne, chairman of Selective Service Board No. 190, predicted Saturday that the reclassification and induction of approximately 1000 Japanese Americans will delay the drafting of some Pasadena fathers "for many months."
The Nisei draft, authorized several days ago by the war department, will affect 18,000 Japanese-Americans-interned at Camp Santa Anita who registered with Board 190 during July, 1942, and other eligible Nisei throughout the country.
Byrne revealed that one hundred of the Japanese-Americans who volunteered for service through his board have been accepted.
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Pasadena
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Jan. 22
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reclassification and induction of approximately 1000 japanese americans; 100 volunteers accepted; delay in drafting of some pasadena fathers for many months.
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J. A. Byrne, chairman of Selective Service Board No. 190, predicted that the reclassification and induction of approximately 1000 Japanese Americans will delay the drafting of some Pasadena fathers for many months. The Nisei draft, authorized several days ago by the war department, will affect 18,000 Japanese-Americans interned at Camp Santa Anita who registered with Board 190 during July, 1942, and other eligible Nisei throughout the country. Byrne revealed that one hundred of the Japanese-Americans who volunteered for service through his board have been accepted.