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The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
JOHN B. ECHERD

STATESVILLE, Feb. 23- Up -
John B. Echerd, 80, resident of the
Glendale community of Alexan-
der county and a school teacher
for 81 years, died here today in a
hospital. He was active in Baptist
church work.
Surviving are the following chill
dren:
Charles E. Echerd of Taylors-
vile, E. Ralph Echerd of Green's
boro, Mrs. c. M. Ingram and Mrs
P. E. johnson of Taylorsville, Mrs.
D. Fred Milstead of Hiddenite, and
Mrs. Herman Watts of Kannapolls.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 o. m. tomorrow.
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COMPLETES FLIGHT LEG

OMAHA, Neb., Feb. %. - Up -
Captain Jack Knight, veteran Com
mercial Airlines pilot, set his 81
passenger twin-engine plane down at
the Municipal airport today - COM
pleting a leg in an eastbound trip
concentrating the goth anniversary
of the first transcontinental day-and-
nigh. airmail flight. To the several
hundred spectators at the airport it
was a dramatic portrayal of mans
advance in aviation.
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for others, and they came-from
far and near.
Fayetteville, eight miles to the
south, is typical of the results.
Last midsummer it was a sleepy
riverside town of 1880, full of
historical tradition. Life was rea-
sonably l%eisurely. Now it teens.
Double and triple lines of auto
mobiles move constantly in each
direction over its main streets.
Soldiers on leave and civilians
pack the sidewalks and crowd the
eating places and theaters. Hcus-
ing is at a premium.
The existing stores and shops
couldn't begin to handle the in
crease in trade, and hundreds Of
new commercial enterprises were
begun.
On every side new residences
are under construction. Hotel
clerks more often than not greet
would-be guests with a terse, ''Sor-
ry, filled up"
Some home owners have moved
away in order to rent their houses
to army officers with families.
Others are using less space to
make a Don or two available
for rental Prices, naturally, have
risen.
One government employe trans
ferred here from another city was
unable to rent a place suitable for
his needs at any price, so he built
one. Others presumably have done
the anne
A lieutenant of infantry said he
and other officers were planning
TO rent an entire hotel at Pine
hurst, about SO miles away, to
house their families. Some officers
now drive from Dunn, Ellington,
Raeford and nearby toWns-some
as far away as IS miles-before
dawn each morning to meet re
veille formations.
Many Workmen met the sltua-
ton by bringing their own hous-
ing.
The reservation is fringed with
scores of trailer camps and tents.
Many persons brought clapboards,
corrugated tin and tar paper with
them and erected eight-by-ten foot
and smaller one-room huts. One
family is living in an abandoned
school bus.
These one-room structures, in
some places, are set up in wild
disarray but in others L lined
up in rows as are the barracks.
All are clean.
Often three or four men from the
same community share one OF
these cabins, visiting their families
only on weekends. Others have
brought their families with them,
and children play about the build
ings as women cook or wash
clothes.
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MARINE Fatally
INJURED IN FIGE
Tom Quinn slattery, % \:
In the Naval Hospital i; ~
Charleston, s. c, "

CHARLESTON, s. C.. =,
P-Tom Quinn Slattery' ,, go
marine, member of . a.
Wllkes-Barre, Pa, family ''G !.
the naval hospital here ~. plSi
noon from a head injury IN. !
in a fight in front Of a .I-'
beer parlor last night. =
Oscar E. Zealy, 10. . ,os
st. Andrews parish, was WY
shortly after the fight sn MI
jailed on a warrant charr r--s
with assault and batterT
detective Herman r. BerEm'..S
Berkman said witnesses Pow.
account of the fight: N'
slattery, stationed at thu ..
Island marine base, was in ~.
ton on leave. In the beer NOV. %'
and Zealy got in an ar~.
Finally they stepped outsids !,
truck Slattery Will. his f.
knocked him down. The m..
head struck either a brick wy
the pavement. His skull vs, 1
tured.
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HENRY b. SMITH

Funeral services for Henry Berry
Smith, 90, who died at his home at
lol4 Market street Saturday night
at 1:lS o'clock after a long illness,
will be held from the st. Andrews
presbyterian church this afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
Inc Rev. c. H. Storey, pastor of
the church, will conduct the services.
lnterment will follow in the family
cemetery near Freeman,
Active ~pallbearers will be: Toe
vines, d. H. Williamson, Riley Car
ter, H. D. Carney, T. T. Rochelle
n Mack Tharp. Honorary pail
0eaiefs Will be: J. G. Carney, c. E.
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OSCAR p. McIYER

Funeral services for Oscar P.
McIver, 81, former clerk in the
Wilmington office of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad, who died Fri
day in the Veterans hospital in
Columbia, S. c., will be held at the
National cemetery here Tuesday
afternoon.
The Rev. A. D. P. Gilmour and
DR.. Edwin F. Keever will conduct
the services, which will be in
charge of the American Legion.
He is survived by Jordan and E.
T. McIver, brothers, residing in
Wilmington, and four sisters, Mrs.
j. H. Mohr, Mrs. Robert Orr, Mrs.
W. J. swails, all of Wilmington,
and Mrs. Henry Heater, of Cairo,
Ga. Prior to his confinement in the
Veterans hospital, Mr.. McIver
lived at 4 North 18th street, Will
mington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
$4,000 FIRE

ANDOVER, Mass, Feb. 23.-R-
A spectacular fire, of undetermined
origin, destroyed a three-story fac
tory building housing the Plastex
corporation branch of the North
American Chemical company tonight,
causing damage unofficially estimat-
ed at $4,000,
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Arms Program Brings Good
Times To peFearArea
mo RIGHTS"

FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. %.
-(R-Earl T. Brewer, 40 year
old Fannin county farmer, to-
day was convicted Of fatally
stabbing his son.in-law, H. Glen
Cox, and sentenced to SO years
in the state penitentiary.
The jury received the case late
last night.
The defendant, after hearing
the verdict, turned sobbing to
his wife with the remark:
ut looks like a man amt got
no rights"
Cox, 10, was slain at a Fort
Worth apartment house Jan. 6
four days after his elopement
and marriage with the defend
ants 1~4-year-old daughter, Vir-
ginia Ruth Brewer Cox.
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Fort Bragg Being Trans
ferred Into Training Gen.
ter For $1,000 Men
By ROBERT j. CRAWFORD

Sans preparedness program has
brought unprecedented prosperity
to the Cape Fear Valley.
This military post in North Caro-
lina's %sandhills, which last June
was garrisoned by 5,4O6 officers
and men, is being transformed into
a training center for more than
81, 900 soldiers.
Construction of $500 new build
ings at a cost of $50, 900, 900 has
brought employment to more than
%, 900 civilians and is putting a
daily pay roll in excess of $780,
900 into circulation hereabouts.
The fort itself is athrob, and the
%pulsating is felt Throughout the
area.
Amid 24-hour-a-day building and
excavating, more than 26, 900 reg
ulars, national guardsmen and Sc
~lectees are drilling in infantry,
artillery, air and anti-aircraft
science and tactics-and others are
to come.
The finance officer now is pay
ing out in salaries, wages and
supply costs approximately $7,000,-
900 monthly.
Trucks and trains haul materials
into the reservation throughout the
day and night. Automobiles filled
with workmen clog the post
thoroughfares. The traffic problem
and the necessity for policing near
ly go, 600 persons became SO acute
that the military police, recently
a day-to-day detail, was made a
permanent detail of $50 men.
In the construction period AN
average of 1000, 900 board feet of
lumber has moved into Fort Bragg
daily.
Many existing roadways are be-
ing repaired or widened, or are
marked for improvements soon,
and approximately rs additional
miles are being built.
Fifty miles of sewage lines are
being laid, and more than 40 miles
Of new water mains. The water
plant, which had a capacity Of
$500, 900 gallons, is being increased
to 1000, 900 gallon capacity and
storage facilities, originally 1,50O,-
GOO gallons, are being doubled.
Fifty miles of new power lines
are being erected and s~ub-station
facilities increased.
o on roW-as far as eye can
see-are neat white-painted red
rooted barracks erected in the last
three months. Others are bling
built. More than 900 have been
authorized, among them quarters
for 1000 officers.
Other construction includes elev-
en- theaters to seat 1,G38 each, 1922
mess halls, eight fire stations for
three engines each, hundreds OF
warehouses, hundreds of garages
and sheds for vehicles, a dozen
post exchanges-general stores
where the soldier may buy any.
thing from a toothbrush to a radio
but the civilian can't buy anything
at any price-day rooms, recrea.
ton buildings, service clubs, Is
ln1lrmarles, a dental clinic, a vast
l,6SO-bed hospital capable of ex.
pansion to 1000 beds.
All this building required thou.
sands OF skilled and unskilled work
men.
Thousands living in this vicinity
got Jobs. In fact, the policy has
been to employ local labor as fal
as possible. But there was room
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
J, N. ELLIS

JACKSONVILLE, Feb. 23- Flu
neral rites for J. N. Ellis, 70, who
died at his home here early Satur-
day of pneumonia after having
been in i'll health for a year, were
held from the Jacksonville Baptist
church this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
The Rev. L. C. o. Pinnex, pas
tor of the church, conducted the
services. Interment followed in the
Half Moon cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
DIR. ISAAC M. MERCER

RALEIGH, Feb. % Up DIR.
Isaac Morton Mercer, 83, retired
professor of religion at Meredith
college and a leader in the Baptist
denomination in North Carolina,
died at his home here today.
The funeral will be conducted
here at Pullen Memorial Baptist
church at 10 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. The body will be taken to
Richmond, Va, for burial.
DR.. Mercer was born in Rich
mond and received his masters
degree at Richmond college in
1879. He later obtained the degree
of doctor of divinity at the Rich
mond school after three years of
study at the Southern Baptist Semi
nary. He completed his education
at the University of Leipzig, Ger
many.
He held pastorates in South Bos-
ton and Alexandria, Va, Green
vile, S. c., and Washington, Rocky
Mount and Wilson in this state.
He had been connected with the
education board of the state Bap-
fist convention and recording-secre-
tary of the foreign missions boards
of the convention, and he was con-
vention president from 1924 to 1928.
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LEFTWICH p. RAMSEY

ASHEVILLE, Feb. % Up -
Leftwich Perry Ramsey, member Of
a prominent Asheville family and
disabled World war veteran, died
early today of disabilities incurred
during his service in France with
the American expeditionary forces.
He was At years of age.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
Mild Earthquake Felt
In San Diego Section

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Feb. 23.-lR-
A mild earthquake was felt here at
San Diego seismologist, reported. Po-
lice observed no damage. Center of
the quake was placed northeast of
here by Robinson.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
CARS COLLIDE

Automobiles driven by Den
ME Shore, I'll Castle street, and
Wayne Greer, ZIG IL North
Ninth street, collided at Eighth
and Orange streets yesterday
afternoon with slight damages
to both cars resulting, police
reported.
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u ON HEAD

Aaron Jones, negro, 500 Prices
alley, was admitted to James
Walker Memorial hospital last
night for treatment of severe
decorations about the back of the
head after he was found beaten
at his home. Police continued
their investigation of the case
last night.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
RARE MEETING

GREENSBORO, Feb. 23-R
The brothers Custler, they
don't meet often. Last week
T. c., IA, of Pomona, Calf,
visited J. A., 6S, of Green's
borS. 1t was the first time in
IS years they'd seen each 9TH
er. T. C. will return via Chi
cago to visit ]. W., whom he
hasn't seen in 40 years. =,
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STOLEN

Leo Sykes, 2204 Chestnut
street, reported to police yes
terday that someone stole his
o%vercoat, valued at SIS, from
the Church of the Covenant
while he was attending serv-
ices.
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WILLIAM G. WARDEN

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. %
R-William G.. Warden, .Philadel-
phia industrialist and former as
~sociate of Andrew J. Mellon, died
today at his winter home here. He
was Y.
The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-24
CESAR CAMPINCHI

MARSEILLE, France, Feb. %
R- Cesar Campinchi, former
minister of the navy in the French
republic, died today after an oper-
alton.
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FOUND UNCONSCIOUS

Police reported yesterday
that George Hewett, negro, of
Ill South 18th street, was found
in an unconscious condition on
the porch of a vacant house on
Wooster, between Eighth and
Ninth streets. He was admit
ted to the Community hospital
for treatment.
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MONEY TAKEN

John Met Guinness, a roomer at
800 Church street, reported to
police yesterday that while he
was asleep Saturday night
someone stole $50 from his
pockets.
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LESPEDEA

Lespedeza is probably more uni
versally adapted to saving the soil
than any other crop, according to
w. D. Lee, extension soil conser-
vationist of N. C. State college.
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City Briefs
CLASS TO MEET

CIASS ~ MEE1
The Mcclure Fellowship
Bible class will meet at the
Y. M. C. A., tonight at $50
o'clock, with the Rev. C. D.
Barclift, pastor of the Fifth
Avenue Methodist church, as
the teacher.
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RAISE FOOD

Uncertainty of the farm ?.
in 1941 as a result of the hu5.
war has led DR.. l.. o. que
families to raise more fooo
N. C.. State college to uIs'
feed this year.
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DIR. WILLIS S. WILSON

DAVIDSON, Feb. 23-LP- DR..
Willis S. Wilson. retired Presby-
terrain minister, died at his home
here today of a heart attack. He
was born "a years ago in Romney,
w. Va. He had held pastorates in
Marion, Mooresville L%incolnton,
Montreal, and West End Presby-
teriap church, Atlanta, Ga.
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ARRESTED

James Parker, negro, 915
Sprunt's alley, was arrested
yesterday b.. police on charges
of assault with a deadly weapon
on a female after he allegedly
struck Lille Dickey with a
board.
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The city of Freiburg' h Ia.
Black Forest, has al w. ~.
times belonged to Austria. III
italy. Sweden, and now OeL.-,
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OBITUARIES

Justice, Johnnie Woodell, Thomas B.
Caldwell and Joe Bell.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Anna B. Smith, and five sons and
five daughters. His sons are Rus
sell and John, Of Wilmington; Alb
ner, of Manhattan, New; Lester, of
Raleigh, and Elwood, of Paris Is,
land, S. C. Surviving daughters
are Mrs. M. R. Huddleston and
Miss Eunice Smith, of Wilmington;
Mrs. Pearl Sibbett, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Harrison, of Whittville, and
Mrs. j. M. Freeman, of High Point.
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cisive factor will be a let-down in

cisive factor will be let-down in
morale on one side or the other
a widespread feeling Of what is
the use of going on?' At any rate
the best experts think that this
country might as well get used
to half a world continuously At
war, whether we become an in
creasirgly important factor in
its progress. in our role OF armo-
rer to Britain. No one can vet
see the end Of the far Eastern
situation. Japan has backed down
a Bit. but her army and navy
clique are still restive and they
rattle their swords on ever
possible occasion. Forces sue,
as the world has rarely know,
are unleashed now. and to fore
cast the future has become the
most hazardous OF undertakings
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DRAFT LAW

One exceedingly importan.
change was made in the draft
law by the house. after the Sc
nate had passed its version. The
change involved the industrial
conscription clause. As originally
stated, government could have
taken over any business and no
provision was made for ever re-
turning it to private ownership.
lhe clause was so generally
worded as to make it possible t.
use the power to commander
for political purposes--to punish
political enemies and reward DO.
litical friends.
The new clause is considered
far better. Checks are provided
against graft and political favori-
tlsm. A communicated business
must be returned to private
ownership after five years. And no
business can be seized until a
number of high officials testify.
with adequate proof. that no
other solution is possible.
Large share of the credit for
this change must go to Wendell
Willkie. who instantly pointed
to the dangers in the first version
of the industrial conscription
clause. The House acted swiftly
after Mr.. Willkie spoke. and the
Senate concurred.
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YOUNGSTOWN NEWS
BY Tillie Salmen

Youngstown, Ohio. Oct. 10
First af all we wish to thank all
out OF towners for showing ur
in such great numbers at our 10th
Anniversary. We also wish to
thank all parents and outsiders,
who made it a big success. We
sure did appreciate it and ! know
you all had a good old Saxon
time. how about it Ellwood City
Congratulations
To really top off all the excite
ment in Youngstown these last
few weeks Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Thesis OF ldora Ave. announce
the engagement OF their daught-
er Eleanor to Martin Huetter.
We wish them loads OF luck.
New Members
We welcome three new mem
bers Louise Eberth, Eddie Jutzi,
and Walter Wellman. We hope
you stay with us along long time.
To Salem
Look for us we will be ttere,
large number of our club is
planning to be in Salem tomo--
row night, so we will see YOU
but not in a bus.
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To most Americans. the govern
ment in Vichy in so-called free
France is pathetic spectacle.
You can draw a parallel with it
here, working on the supposition
that we have been decisively de-
feated in a ruinous war, have seen
our capital, practically all of our
industrial areas. and close to half
of our territory occupied by a
ruthless enemy. and are faced on
all sides by enemy troops against
whom we have no military de-
fense. That is the position France
is in today. And, under those cir
cumstances. Marshal Petain's
announcement that France would
cooperate with the Axis powers
to restore peace in Europa"
should not have come as any
great surprise.
Whether or not this makes
France a definite ally of the tota-
litarian state is not yet clear. But
it does make clear the unpleasant,
fact that France will do--ofici~
ally at least-whatever Hitler
and Mussolini want. Few observ-
ers think that Hitler's promise
not to use the French Navy a
gainst England--is worth a hoot
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nounced by SPAB recently will
bring this to 1O4,OOO,OOO tons of
steel ingots each year.
The defense program has reached
such stupendous size that it is SIM
ply ncomprehensible. With the
pending deficiency bill appropriating
about $6,0OO,000,0O0 and the spending
OF foreign funds on order estimated
at about $4,000, 100000, the total
amount spent and to be spent for
defense and lend-lease in this coun-
try from June, 1910, has reached
about 500, 900, 100000. That is twice
the total of all expenditures by the
United States in the last war, in
cluding loans to other countries.
The cost of tooling for bomber
production alone, which is but a
small portion of the program COM
paratively, will cost as much as the
Panama Canal, and the tank pro-
gram now in production would pay
the cost OF the Canal twice over.
THE second Lend-Lease Bill,
L carrying approximately $6,000,-
100000, but which came before the
House as a deficiency measure
brought out many interesting facts.
Only about three percent of the
original $7,00O,O0O,OO0 lend-lease
fund had actually been spent, and
approximately half of the total
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their rating. Unskilled men may
ship as apprentice seamen and i
qualified may attend a training,
school of their own choosing. En-.
listments in the Naval Reserve
are for duration OF emergency
only.
If you want to enlist in the regular
Navy and are between the ages of l,
and 81 apply at once at Room 500.
Federal Building, Cleveland, for partic
ulars. Branch offices are located in Pos.
Office buildings in Akron, Ashtabula
Cambridge, Canton, Mansfield, Mariet
"a, Sandusky, Steubenville and Youngs
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SALEM NEWS
By Sue Herman

Salem. O.. Oct. l6-Believe il
or not. but it is a TACT that we
ran out OF chairs during our II
Saxon meeting Thursday. O.
course. to some it may have been
an inconvenience. but thai
strengthens the fact that our Sa
lem IT, Saxon Club is rapid
growing. We hope the followinn
new members stay with us fo'
some time to come. Welcome
Freda Ratscher. Dorothy Me-
Iitschka. Charles Hum. Joseph
Gross and Walter Weber.
The membership drive ha :
been progressing nicely. TO our
delight. so the drive has been
held over till next month. You
know that the losing team mus
prepare a little celebration TO-
the winning one. don't YOU?
Halloween Party
\ costume Halloween party has
been planned for Friday Oct
"a Definite plans later.
Special Notice
1t would be wise for you t.
save Thanksgiving Day for the
Salem Jrs. They have surpris
ing enterprise up their sleeves
Just for you. so don't forget to-
make that reservation.
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KNOW YOUR NAVY?
Listen in to Station WTAM Cleveland
"very Saturday from l:3O TO LAS p. m
and hear "Know your Navy.

every Saturday from 80 TO LAS D. m
and hear "Know your Navy.
From the very beginning of
our national life. the Navy has
always been. and Justly deserved
to be. an object OF special pride
to the American people. Its re-
cord is indeed one to inspire such
sentiments. | am glad to say both
Congress and the country under.
stand what we are doing in build
ing up the Navy and about its
use. The Navy is not ONLY the
first line of defense but it is the
most important line of defense
Franklin ID. Roosevelt.
The Navv's highly intelligent
and equisitely skilled ratings
have long been one Of our sources
of strength something in which
we lead the world. We obtain
skilled craftsmen by slow and in
'ensive process. testing the men
at every step.-Secretary OF the
Navy.
George Washington organized
the first American Fleet. Before
the Continental Congress came
to the important undertaking of
providing the Colonies with sea
defenses. George Washington us
ing his powers as Commander-in-
Chief at the siege of Boston, or
ganized little Navy of his own
to cruise about the waters of
Massachusetts, Bay and to inter-
cept supply ships on their way
to the British garrison. Washing
ton found in the Continental
Navy regiment of trained sal
lors. With this contingent to
draw upon, he fitted out armed
ships. The little Fleet proved of
real value in the sieg of Boston.
capturing IS prize vessels.
Again reminding you of Navy
Day, to be celebrated on Mon
day, October q. Because OF the
increasing Importance of the
Fleet these days and the increas-
ing opportunities offered to the
enlisted man in that fleet. this
years Navy Day should invite
enthusiastic support from every
patriotic citizen.
Men who are qualified for Sc.
lective Service owe it to them.
selves to investigate the opport
unities in the L. S. Navy and the
L. s. Naval Reserve. Skilled met
in trades corresponding to nava
ratings may ship as petty officer"
and receive pay corresponding to-