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Show "Upped In Recent Months" We know of nothing that his happened on the battlefronts to explain the statement of Major-General Major-General Lewis C. Hershey, Selective Selec-tive Service Director, that "the actual demand for men in the armed forces has been upped in recent months." The axplanation may lie in the increased production of weapons, or in the decision to initiate military activity on several sev-eral fronts in the near future. Egypt, the Far East and the Near East, as well as the British Isles, are possible destinations for A-merican A-merican soldiers. While 1942 has probably been a year of discouragement to Hitler, Hit-ler, it has emphasized the size of the job to be assumed by the United Nations. The quicker our forces are massed and the harder they strike, the sooner the war will end and the cheaper will be the price that they must pay for victory. |