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WWv>>m:.,.v.vv.-.v.w«'« • ■•.v.ir.v.vxv:'.-: h. ii*i .1 niw Paul Younts Commander Greensboro — Appointment ol Paul R. Younts of Charlotte as executive vice-commander of the North Carolina Department of the American Legion, was announced here by Department Commander W. M. York. Mr. Younts is a veteran of World War I and II and is a past department commander of the Le gi .n in North Carolina and a past national vice-commander. He re cently retired from active service in the Army with the rank of colonel. The office of executive vice-com mander was established at the state convention in Winston-Sal em. in June and was set up 'to meet the needs of the vastly-ex panding veterans organization. The executive vice-commander will serve as a full time execu tive and administrative official and will handle many of the duties that have been discharged in the past by the department command er and the department adjutant. OFFICE IN RALIEGH H'S office will be at department hecdijuartes in Raleigh and he will he in direct charge of the Legion’s program in the state. The Legion’s membership passed the 67.000 mark this year and depart ment officials estma.te that it likely will reach 150,000 in the coming year Mr. Young was elected by the department administrative com mittee also established at the Winston - Salem convention. The committee is composed of five members with the department commander as ex-officia chair man. Commander York expressed ex treme satifaction at the election of Col Young “He is one of the best informed Legionnaires in the state and is an organizer and exe cutive of great ability. I am con fident that under his direction the North Carolina Department will establish an enviable record in Legion accomplishment. Mr. Younts will go to Raleigh some time this week and enter upon his duties immediately. The new executive vice-comman <ier served in France in World War T and’ continued in the Nat ional Guard after that war. In the meantime he was engaged in busi ness in Charlotte and was serving as jostmaster when he reported for active duty as a major in the 30th Division, National Guard, in 1940. After service in this country he was for more than two years in tbj Pacific^ where he served with distinction as chief of staff to Gen. Nathan A. Twining, com mander of the famed 13th Air Force. Upon his return to this country he was commanding of ficer at the Overseas Replacement Depot in Greensboro until his re tirement a couple of months ago He has been active in the reor 1 -- ganization of the National Guard and will continue in that organiza tion. Coi. Younts was commander of the North Carolina Department of the Legion in 1925 and a national vioe-eommander in 1927. Mayne Albright Made Chairman R. Mayne Albright of Raleign hao been appointed Chairman of the Membership Committee of the State Department of the Amer ican Legion by the newly elected Department Commander William M. York. Albrought is the first World War II veteran in North Carolina to be appointed to a ma jor statewide position in the Amer ican Legion. After four years ot military service, the greater part of which was spent in the Medi terranean Theatre, Albright was discharged as a Major, having received four battle stars and a decoration from the new Italian Government. In January 1946 he declined a position on a special mission to study labor conditions in the Japanese Empire in order to return to his former civilian position in North Carolina as State Director of the United States Employment Service. J. W. Mc Lennan, Burlington, World War I veteran, was named Vice-Chair man of the Membership Commit tee. "I LOST 32 LBS.! WEAR SIZE 14 AGAIN" Once 156 lbs.. 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