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■resalonal appraprlattone' are
needed betore -work can be start
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1^ F ^ and Friday
^ntti Pladnumt fronp hM
inTitod tepresentatlTea ‘iioai all
In the state to'-a steer
ing, committee hearing in Char-
Cn the greatest peacetime «-
pansion of Its officer corps In
history, the United States Army
is now seeking candidates for
26,000 Itegular Army commls-
siopR, it wd« M^ionneed today fay
Colonel Soreme S. MaclanghUn,
Commanding Officer of' the
Nort}i Caroflna ^i^ry District,
olina. Colon-
Raleigh,’Xfoi^
el* MacLfiughlin ftirther stated
SUPPORT THE SCOUTS *
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Monday, Tuesday,
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HWblSUMlMI-tsasikWW
SATURDAY SPECIAL—
’BUFFALO BILL"
In Technicolor
that Major General Edward F.
Wltsell, the "Adjutant General,
had announced a screening cen
ter at Fort Bragg, North Caro
lina, where applications from
this state will be processed.
The expansion is designed to
bring the Army’s regular officer
strength to 60,000 as authorised
by Congress in August. It is the
second within twelve months, an
increase of 25,000 having been
authorized last December. As
emphasized by General of the
Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in
his testimony before Congress
last July, the authorized Increase
In the number of Regular Army
commissions will permit the
Army to offer attractive careers
to the most desirable and exper
ienced wartime officers, whose
expensive training would other
wise be lost to the Army when
they revert to their civilian pro
fessions.
Former officers of the Army
of the United States, who have
served since 7 December 1941,
whether or not they previously
applied during the officer-pro
curement program conducted
earlier this year, are eligible for
appointments.
As was the case in the earlier
expansion, a method has been
established by which any candi
date can determine in advance
the rank in which he will be com
missioned. Rank will be based
either on length of actual com
missioned service since 7 De
cember 1941 or on “constructive
service,” whichever is the great
er, the latter representing the
number of years, months and
days by which the age of the ap
plicant exceeds twenty-five (25
Commissions will b® given on
the following .basis tor all arms
and services, except the Adjutant
General's and the Judge Advo
cate General’s departments, the
Medical Cofpb, and the Dental
Cbh>«. the ,V*iterlnary Corps, the
pju^macy Corps, and the Corps
of Chaplains;, less than three
yeare-^econd lieutenant; three
or more years but Isss than ten
—first Hentenant; ten or more
years but less than, seventeen—
captain; seventeen or more years
hut less than twenty-throe—ma
jor. Thus, on the basis of con
structive service, a qualified can
didate who was bom February
14th, 1906 and oommlssloned on
January 1, 1947 would be credit
ed with sixteen years, ten
months and fourteen days of con
structive service and would be
commissioned as a captain.
Similar tables have been es
tablished for the above excepted
branches of the service and full
information regarding them and
application forms are available
at all Vecrultlng station, sub-sta
tion, or on camps, posts and sta
tions anywhere in the United
States. Applicants not on active
duty or terminal leave will sub
mit thelT applications direct to
the Commanding General, Sev
enth Army, Atlanta 3, Georgia.
All new applications must be
forwarded by December 31, 1946,
and the supplemental applica
tions of previous candidates by
November 30th. The first of the
new appointment lists will be an
nounced about the middle of
January. Application blanks are
available at your Army Recruit
ing Station, located at the Post
Office Building, Lenoir, N. C.
lotto toznorroiw.
Si^ppprt the Y. A.
^l^M «ltkw Bf Stowwrd BgAC'
latiato Pir tor gaiwral dnty» It wM
atmouAead* y®«tord»y.'
Oj^eniallO Wto tor mm 11 to
t9 iBclusfre, the reernltiag ot-
ttcer said. , ^
Enlistees wlR train at Mont-
ford Point in this Btate.'- ' •
'Patitoi Ads
Charlotte, Nov. 18.—^An In-
- ) surgent group of teachers In the
years. No former officer will be South Piedmont District of the
commissioned In a grade high- North Carolina Education Assocl-
er than that which he held dur- ation today went ahead with
lag the war.
An officer appointed in the
Regular Army under this auth
rt-llUJ Mxxsaw. -- , —- —•
ority, whether on active or in- dent, stood pat on his announced
active status, will be recalled to intention of 'asking the lagisla-
&CWV(9 «»L*fcLUOf was* wa
duty in the highest rank held ture for 20 per cent plus "odst of
prior to separation and will re- living” increase.
tain SUCH temporary rank until po sponsors of the meeting
LAST-MINUTE NEWS SHOWN DAILY
Ittiu »UCU
reduced in the general reduction iiere, last Saturday who have
program for temporary ranks of asked for Phillips’ resignation
other regular army officers
However, an officer may .be de
moted one grade If his date ot
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E. Main St.
Wilkesboro, N. C.
South Piedmont
Teachers Want
A Boost In Pay
Plus Tax—«M)xlC
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plans for a 40 per cent pay rise.
Meanwhile, C. W. Phillips, of
Greensboro, N. C., Ev A. presi-
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air long-
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he said, action would have to
come at the annual meeting of
the N. 3. B. A. next spring.
Phillips told the Charlotte
News that district meetings in
Greenville and Wilmington ap
proved the 20 per cent plan "and
we are not upset by minority re
ports from Charlotte, Asheville
and Lenoir.”
Threefold Hope
"The only hope of getting an
increase is threefold, the state-
- !*■>»'• '■(
WilkesHreStore
Jack Swofford, Manager
’Phone 322 N. Wilkenboro, N. C.
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