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Show Nearly 7,500 Men of 20 and 21 Expected To Register In Draft Approximately 7,500 male residents resi-dents in Utah will be registered in the 20 and 21-year-old age groups on Feb. 16, Major H. A. Rich, state director of . Selective Service announced today. National Selective Service headquarters head-quarters anticipates a total registration reg-istration in continental United States of about 9,000,000 men between be-tween the ages of 20 and 45 years, the director has been advised, ad-vised, and of these about 1,650,000 will be in the 20 and 21-year-old group. It is also estimated that around 7,350,000 in the 36 to 44-year-old group will be registered throughout the United States on February 16, together with some in the 21 to 36-year-old groups who were unable or neglected to register at the two previous registrations. reg-istrations. The age groups to be registered on Feb. 16 include all men not previously registered who have attained their 20th birthday on Dec. 31st, 1941, and who have not reached their 45th birthday on Feb. 16, 1942; that is: All unregistered male residents in the United States who were born between be-tween Feb. 17, 1897 and Dec. 31, 1921. |