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Show j;fied, the oldest of the 1-A's will be called up first. Barring: an emergency, however, nobody will be inducted 'before Sept. 22. Meanwhile, the army, navy and air force planned to announce, probably Monday, that they are throwing open1 their ranks to enlistments en-listments by 18-year-olds for one year's service. An 18-year-old can escape the 21-month draft by en- j listing for 12 months and then serving six years in the reserve. PEACETIME DRAFT j MACHINE BEGINS i OPERATION AUG. 16 j The first registration under the new peacetime draft will be on Aug. 16, national defense officials I announce. The delay is necessary, they said, in order to give the proposed 4,000 draft boards throughout the nation a chance to get organized. j These officials estimated that j by Aug. 30 the first questionnaires question-naires will be in the mail to draft eligible men in the 19-25 age group. After they are classi- |