Planning To Enlist
80,000 Young Men
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Charleston, S. C.?Representatives
from all colleges, universities and
secondary schools in North Carolina,
South Carolina and Virginia are in
vited to attend a meeting on Mon
day, April 13th, at North Carolina
Itate College, when Navy official*
vill explain the plan for the Navy'i
ast Officer Procurement Program,
inder which 80,000 college freshmen
nd sophomores will be recruited in
Uass V-l.
The meeting will be held in Pullen
fall at North Carolina State Col
ege, Raleigh, beginning at 10:00
i. m. Lieutenant Commander Ralph
!. Sentmen, USN, will be in charge
>f the meeting for the Navy.
Purpose of the session is to ac
luaint educators from the three
tates with the opportunities offered
heir students under the Navy's new
irogram and to explain to the school
ifficials what courses on their cur
icula will be required by the Navy
Department.
Invitations have been sent to col
eges in each of these states re
luesting that representatives attend
he meeting. It is also stressed that
econdary institutions should send
epresentatives so that they may ex
>lain the program to their high
?chool students entering college
eithin the next few years.
Under Class V-l college freshmen
ind sophomores will be enlisted as
ipprentice seamen in the U. S. Naval
leserve. They will be placed in an
nactive duty status and allowed to
ontinue their college education at
east until the end of their second
rollege year and perhaps until they
eceive baccalaureate degrees.
Approximately 35,000 of those who
ire enlisted will be selected each
fear for further training, leading to
?ommissions as ensigns in the U. S.
Saval Reserve.
"War has the effect of discourag
ng young men from going to col
egejmLthe Navy places more im
wrtance than ever on higher educa
ion," a Navy spokesman said. The
Ruins Left by Jap Raiders in the Philippines
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One of the first pictures to reach the U. S. from the Philippines since war started in the Pacific, this photo
?hows American soldiers examining; the ruins of a residence wrecked by Japanese bombs during an air raid
on Barrio Paranque.--The attach wcuncd during the first week uf the warin the Philippines.
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AT JAMESVH.I.E 9 to 10 a. m.
At HARBISON'S MILL 10:30 to 12 m.
AT HEAR GRASS 1 to 3 p. m.
Every FRIDAY
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AT OAK CITY 9 to 11a. m.
AT HAMILTON 11:30 a. in. to 12 m.
AT GOLD POINT I to 2 p. m.
Every SATURDAY
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AT WII.LIAMSTON 9 to 11 a. m.
AT EV ERETTS II :30 a. in. to 12:30 p. m.
Al ROHEHSONN II.I.E Eaeli Saliinlav, 3:30 to 3:30
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GREENVILLE, N. C.
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Wc Carry Anchor Aiming*
Tlicy uliril tlir ruin tiit w?-ll us tin* Mill unii protect
llie furniture inside your home from becoming
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Canadians ISo Slackers
If hen It Conies To II ar
While tins country is calling its
youth to the colors, Canada reports
unusually large enlistments in her
various service branches. Nearly
half million men have already en
listed for combat service in Canada,
100,0(10 111 the air force, 27,000 in the
Navy, and 295,000 in the Army. The
enlistments by the end of the year,
it is estimated, will approximate
615,000 men.
V-l program is designed to provide
the Navy with a continuous supply
of officer material with a good basic
education. ?, -???:?
DOG CLINICS
(llinicM for the vaccination of all <logH in accord
ance with the State law will he held in this
county at places and dales specified helow:
Dirdrns, Monday, April 6, from 11 to 1 p.m.; Jamesville, Tuesday, April 7, from 11
to 2 p.m.; No. 90 Flllinf Station, Thursday, April 9, from 11 to 1 p.m.; Hardison's
Mill, Friday, April 10, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Eason Lilley's Store, Saturday, April 11,
from 11 to 1 p.m.; Corey's Cross Roads, Monday, April 13, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Bear
Grass, Wednesday, April 15, from 10 to 2 p.m.; Biffs School House, Thursday, April
16, from 11 to 1 p.m.; Wllliamston, Saturday, April 18, all day at Dr. Osteon's Office;
Beddards Store, Monday, April 20, from 11 to 1 p.m.; Cross Roads, Wednesday, April
22, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Everetts, Thursday, April 23, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Gold Point,
Saturday, April 25, from 10 to 2 p.m.; Parmele, Monday, April 27, from 11:30 to 2
p.m.; Roebuck's Station, Lof Cabin, Wednesday, April 29, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Has
sell, Thursday, April 30, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Robersonville, Saturday, May 2, from
10 to 4 p.m.; Hamilton, Monday, May 4, from 11 to 2 p.m.; Smith Bros. Store, Wed
nesday, May 6, from 11 to 2 p. m.; Oak City, Saturday, May 9, from 10 to 3 p.m.
All dogs not vaccinated at their respective clinics must he brought to Dr. Os
teen's office at Wllliamston. No return vaccination schedules will be made. Own
ers of dogs not vaccinated will be promptly prosecuted.
The price of vaccination is 75c instead of 50c,
hut tvill still be deducted from taxes.
Owners are urged to have their dogs vaccinated in their respective districts on
the dates specified. All vaccinations will be done by a licensee! veterinarian. Dogs
will be vaccinated at office of Dr. Osteen when he is not out on a clinic.
C B. ROEBUCK
SHERIFF. By order of the Board of Martin County Commissioners
NAVY, DOLLARS *;
*kef rrnnm douats!
NAVY SHORE-WORKERS HELP BUY THE SHIPS THEY BUILD!
SUBSCRIBE $3,775,404.00 IN DEFENSE BONDS AND STAMPS IN FEBRUARY!
-and $1,700,000,00 in December!
-and $2,969,563.60 in January!
HATS OFF to "the men behind the men
manning the ships!" . . . the civilian
?hore-workera of the Navy! They are the
men and women who build and maintain
Uncle Sam's great fleet. Their battlefields
are blueprints... their weapons the calipers
of the drawing boards . . . their bullets,
rivets. BUT THEY DON'T STOP AT
BUILDING ? THEY HELP BUY THE
SHIPS AND IMPLEMENTS OF WAH
THEY BUILD! Besides working long
hours and as fast as possible, they're buy
ing Defense Bonds and Stamps regularly,
every payday.
ine voluntary rayroti ueaucuon rum iut u*
purrhax' of Defense Savings Bonds, Series E, as
sponsored and adopted by the Navy for the use
of itH civilian employees la rapidly being followed
by commercial forma throughout the nation.
Thousands of employees of the Navy have real
ized that a systematic savings plan for buying
Defense Bonds regularly brings better results
than haphazard purchases.
The Virginia Electric and Power Company has
adopted the Payroll Deduction Plan for the pur
chase of Defense Bonds and hundreds of Vepeo
employees are now using this means for making
their contribution toward bringing abont Victory.
rublished In the Interest of America s All-Wut War cttort by
VIRGINIA ELECTRIC
AND POWER COMPANY