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Show Men Over 28 Draw New Exemption WASHINGTON Brigadier General Gen-eral Lewis B. . Hershey, deputy selective service director, Tuesday Tues-day formerally ordered defer- i mnt of all men now subject to I induction into the army who have j reached the age of 28. ' General Hershey telegraphed the order to the state directors of i the selective service, telling them I to advise local draft boards im- j mediately and saying that he act- J ed at the request of congressional J leaders. ' An estimated 8.000.000 between'' the ages of 23 and 3S are effect- i ed. They are part of the group ! of 16.500,000 who registered late October. j |