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Show ; Co. Selective Service Receives "Go Ahead" On Nineteen-year-olds Draft A change in policy of induct-( ing men into military duty under Selective Service has been made in which the restriction of inducting in-ducting men under 20 years of age has been abolished. The information in-formation was received this week when the local Selective Service board received a call for its March quota of men. Previously the bpards have been instructed not to order men under 20 years of age to .eport for induction even when it meant that the county quota would not be filled. Now, however, the quo-1 ta must be filled whether or not there are 20-year-old registrants available. Not only that, but all men 20 years of age or over must be ordered to report no matter whether the board has more of such age group than the quota called for. Thus, every qualified registrant, over 20 years of age, must report for duty during March. This part of the new regulations regula-tions will have no bearing on the , situation, because this month only on-ly two men of the proper age group are available, although the county quota for February was set at five men. Iron county's quota of men in March falls for four to report for induction and three to report for pre-induction physical examinations. examina-tions. All of them must report pn March 11, according to E. B. Dal-ley, Dal-ley, clerk of the local board. The board will be required to .include any man 20 years of age Who has been available for induction, in-duction, and fill the remainder of the quota from the eldest of the 19 year olds who have passed their physical examinations and met all other qualifications. Men under 20 years of age have been reported "for pre-lnduetion physical phy-sical examinations for some time. |