Category: 1940

  • NEWSREEL: 9.6.1940

    President Franklin Roosevelt enacted the Selective Training and Service Act, establishing the country’s first peacetime draft and formally instituting the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency. Age was originally set to 21-35; later it was expanded to 18-64. As the year progressed, it became apparent that the United States would likely become involved…

  • Opportunity in the ANC

    Source: “Opportunity in the ANC.” The American Journal of Nursing, vol. 40, no. 12, Dec. 1940, pp. 1366”“1367.

  • NEWSREEL: December 31, 1940

    18,633 men have now entered the military through the Selective Service System. Source: “Induction Statistics.” Selective Service System, www.sss.gov/history-and-records/induction-statistics/. Accessed 27 Oct. 2023.

  • Here Are The Hours of Your Favorite Cafes

    Source: “Here Are The Hours of Your Favorite Cafes.” The Honolulu Advertiser, 22 Feb. 1942, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120532684/

  • 16th Census of the US: 1940 Housing

    Source: Truesdell, Leon E. “16th Census of the US: 1940 Housing.” US Government Printing Office, 1943. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade/decennial-publications.1940.html