The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1941-08-22

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pectlve d0ughboya however. get
polntso reminders from selective
headquarters And. whether they
Ike e or not. into uniform they
50. provided they can't give 3 good
legal excuse for exemption o. de-
ferrnarL
Army service h not optional
with an eligible younrsteF. So
naval service a.
II Il were put up 70 me u take
my pick between the two. 70 vote
for the navy every time Always
have had 3 cracking enjoyable ex-
perience when I've hem aaoat It's
true. my voyages invariably have
been As q passenger Possibly q
foreHnasf hands lot isn't 90 pleas
ant Stfl wen a gob gets around
and sses the world It's a life that
has variety and color. A sailor
Isn't penAlized like = doughboy.
every tire he hollers yoo-hoo.
It's suggested that n reason
for = ctsinclination 70 volunteer for
man-of-wzr activity ls the general
belief that such fighting - Uncle
Sans sczappers may get into
promises 10 be mainly or the ocean
rather than on land
Youths Disregard Dsager
Personally. ] don't think that
the average eniistAbls kid tx par.
ticularly concerned as TO his
chances Of being perforated In &C
tion. It's . consideration that
doubtless weighs with q lot Of
papas and mammas. though. May
be It's worth reminding them that
more than twice a. many Ameri-
cans have been killed BY civilian
automobiles. while the current
wars been going on. e. the Brit
ian have lost IN sailors during the
same period
An enlisted gobia traditional
term c. service Is nix Years. n
pretty long pun IN comparison
with Q landaman selecsee'a. how.
nsr much the lAtter's may be ex-
tended b. the national emergency.
IT. likely that thafsa = bit Of .
handicap 20 the navy. a blue
Jackets training requires more
time than q doughboys- Stiil. .
slx-ysar stretch Is enough to make
a candidate think twice. multiplied
BY several from the standpoint Of
mis- loving Pc and ma
Selections into the army have,
necessarily. greatly reduced the
countrys aggregation Of civilian
workers. particularly farm hands.
30. II pa happens TO be 3 farmer.
he's extremely apt &c be very In
sistent upon having his just
maturing son stay home and help
him behind the pillow and attend
ing TO the livestock.
Pa cant prevent the lad from
being selected. for selections COM
pulsory. unless postponed by the
famiiyss local draft board. The
local boards. TO be sure. have had
orders from headquarters TO be as
liberal as possible with deferments
In hardship cases.
Needn't Join Navy
In the last analysis, however.
the boy has 10 60. his ox7n and his
old mans objections notwfthstand-
ING. Blu the youth doesn't have
&C enlist In the navy. and. II father
kicks and his ofisprtngss dutiful.
be stays on the farm
So that. presumably. e what's
the matter with the navy.
The navy. by the way. is cook
Ing Up . censorship on cables and
radio communications. outgoing
from the United States.
TN require congressional au-
thortzation. but Rear Admiral Ben
norreli has the matter up. on
Capitol Hill The army VIII only
Be interested II we begin sending
land forces overseas. but Gle
n4vys overseas already.
The proposed censorship won't
have anything 10 do with what we
print o. broadcast By wireless here
81 home. but II wants to b nxed
C put . preventive thumb upon
stun Il thinks ought not 20 BE-
transmitted abroad.
That kind Of 9 censorship isn't
much @ . bother locally. but ita
. terrible pest 10 foreign CORE
spondenfa ! suppose its . pest to
enemy secret agents also. but I
nsEsr had any experience with II
except - an American correspond
ent II Europe during the Iast war