Evening star., 1942-10-11
Naval Reserve Seeks
Men for Training
In Combat Service
LocoI WAVES Sent to
College in Oklahoma;
Business Men Sought

With the naval alrplane carrier
construction rapidly increasing, the
Naval Reserve Office procurement
here is making every effort to Sc
cure men for training in this serv-
ice. There are commissions for
qualified men, with the rank of en-
sign and lieutenant Junior grade.
All who graduate from the schools
of instruction will be sent to car
rier duty, it was said a
Men between the ages Of 10 and
33. holding private pilots licenses,
and who have so hours of solo
flights are eligible to the group being
sought to man the planes now going
into the fighting fleet. -.
The WAVES procurement pro.
gram has slumped somewhat. and
those In charge are trying by radio
and newspaper publicity and other
means to get young women to apply
for this course. All of the groups
are below the quotas laid down by
the Navy Department. These in
clude yeomen. storekeepers and rae
dio operators. or those with tech
be radio operators. The local pro-.
curement sent two groups away last
week, and both were below the
quotas, although the officers said
that they were sufficient to fill the
available dormitory facilities. They,
were sent to Oklahoma Agricultural
and Mechanical College -.
Tests for WAVES. 81
Candidates may make direct ap-,
plication to the WAVES procure-,
ment Office at 1920 G street NW.,
Arrangements have been made to.
conduct aptitude tests at the pros
curement Office on Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Saturdays at $3.50 am.
and 1:30 pm. conducted by Ensign
r. Roby Leighton, in charges of !.
WAVES procurement, and an as,
sistant, Ensign Rosa Miller Hobbs
of Selma, Ala, a graduate of Ran,
dolphM Macon College at Lynchburg,
Va, and one of the first gradu-.
ates from Smith College course for
WAVES officers. y
Scores of applications were re-
ceived last week from men seeking /.
commission in the salvage corps of,
the supply branch of the Navy, The,
particular background sought for.
these applications were junk dealers.
men thoroughly trained in the tech
nique OF sorting junk and preparing
it for the furnaces, and are to be-.
used at navy yards and naval sta~es
tions where the scrap is being accu-s
mulated.
Food Specialists. ..
Another need announced was for
people who know foods. and particu-
larly their preparation for large
numbers OF people. Particularly
men with hotel experience are de-
sired, but they, too, must have the :
requisite college degree.
Outstanding business men, parai
ticularly those with warehouse ;,
training, also are being sought. :
They should be able to command at
least salary of $4,000 a year in.
private life, and particularly those
we'll informed in the export business.
II they apply they will be processed
from the local Office, 1t was said.
The age range is from 80 to "a years.
For the supply branch young men
with an engineering degree are be-
ing sought for training at the naval
schools. They must be below 26,s-
years Of age. Without any back :
ground Of business training. they
will be given a thorough course at a. !.
supply corps school. If they have
the college degree In engineering.
they will be commissioned, and or,
dered to active duty while attending
school.
Further groups needed badly are
ordnance experts and men with ex- :
perience in the chemistry of ex-
plosives. They will be commissioned
and assigned to the ordnance ac-
tivities at navy yards and at private
plants engaged in the production Of :
naval ordnance materials.