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Draftee Outlook Is Different From That 10 Years Ago The 1950 selectee's reaction to military duty is going to be quite different from that of his older UPTOWN SERVICE STATION NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS 8:00 o. m. - 5:00 p. m. Amoco Products — Washing, Lubricating, Polishing, Waxing WANT A TAXI? Call 52 or 254 BUSIC CABS At Uptown Service Station brother nearly ten years ago. The average inductee in 1940 went into the Army with an attitude closely akin to that of a criminal facing a tweleve-month sentence. He was solely intent upon doing 365 days and getting out. There was nothing in the Army he want ed and the Army was going to get even less from him. After all, just when the country was recovering from the worst depression in its history and just when defense projects began offering wellpay ing jobs, he had to be content with twenty-one dollars a day— once a month. First of all, this year's draftee is going into the Army in an en tirely different frame Of mind Proof Of this is in the large num ber of draft-age men alreadj flooding Army recruiting stations throughout the nation. Secondly his initial pay will begin at seven ty-five dollars per month and will jump to eighty as soon as h( completes basic training, usually s period of four months. Few young men today can step into jobs thai j will leave them this amount of I "spending money" after deduc* tions for equal food, clothing and J03N THE MILLIONS WHO ENJOY STATIC-FREE FM RADIO. Make 101 on Your FM Dial A Daily on the Listening Habit. 0N raE AIR DAILY I p ii AIR DAILY 7:00 A. M. to " ~ 7:00 A. M. to 9:05 P.M. El kin, N. C. 9:05 P. M. Pioneer FM Station of the Yadkin Valley. Be Sure Your New Radio Has FM. COMING! TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1950 Our Representative, RALPH McKINNIS, WILL BE IN NORTH WILKESBORO AND VICINITY AND WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: | | Repairs to Sewing Machines (Free estimates gladly given) | | New Singer Sewing Machines | j New Singer Vacuum Cleaners. Q Electric Heater j~~j Sewing Cabinets Utility Tables | | Automatic Iorns Q] Buttonhole Attachments | | Singer Machines for Rent by the Month Check Any of Abave Services You Wish Name Street City — Mail This "Ad" To __ SINGER SEWING MACHINE CO. 1325 11th Avenue Hickory, N. C. THE SECOND MONTH of the Korean war Is it hand. It finds the United States swinging into true wartime stride alter early reverses, and the 49 countries of the United Nations readying aid. Soon a counter-offensive of real magnitude will be under way. Meanwhile, this map briefly outlines what has happened since June 25 when the Communist North Koreans struck, without warning, across the 38th parallel. Seoul fell St then Sewonl U S. troops were in combat July 4. The Kum River battle was a bitter one The invaders crossed it July 14. Taejon became the battleground and fell in flames July 20. Meanwhile a dramatic amphibious landing was staged at Pohang July 19. Now, seizing the offensive for the first time American Negro troops have recaptured the key city of Yechon. It marks the first important victory for U. S. ground forces since the start of the war to halt Communist aggression in Korea. (Central Press Association) shelter have been made. Nor does this comparison take into consid-1 eration valuable services provided j (or the soldier free of charge such ; as dental and medical attention and Post Exchange privileges. There'll be no wooden rifles and hay rake howitzers for the new citizen-soldier when he learns his lessons of warfare. He'll have the real thing — weapons that will work and trained instructors to teach him how to operate them. Nor will the 1950 draftee miss the moral and spiritual environ ment and counsel he had at home. The Army's Charac ter Guidance program will see to this. Recognizing long ago the importance of instilling in young soldiers these sterling qualities the Army established its Character Guidance program on a permanent basis and made it a must for every man. Another interesting fact in regard to the soldier's spiritual welfare is that the Army has more than adequate facilities available to meet these needs. When bar racks, shops and warehouses were being torn down at Army instal lations at the end Of the war, chapels were left untouched and since that time have been kept in excellent repair and ready for immediate use. And there'll be no idle moments. Spare time, yes, Idle time, no. When he isn't working or engag ed in training activities there will be innumerable forms Of recrea tion &jud entertainment for his re laxation. The 1950 selective service mo del is going to be quite a differ net man from his 1940 prototype and his reaction to Army life is going to prove it, too. N. C. Draftees Will Report On Aug. 14 Raleigh — North Carolinians will begin reporting for preinduc tion examinations on Aug. 14. State Selective Service Head quarters said the examinations will be held here, in Fayetteville and in Charlotte. The first inductees are sched uled to leave for training camps in late September. Colonel T. H. Upton, deputy State director of Selective Serv ice, said that on June '30 the State's draft-eligibles totaled 315,295. These men are between 18 and 26 years of age. North Carolina's initial quota under the new draft law is 610 men. Captain Joseph M. Pearson of the Raleigh Army-Air Force Re cruiting Office said the first round of pre-induction examina j ANNOUNCING Fall Opening - September 4, 1950 | BOWLING GREEN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY, Inc. COLLEGE OF COMMERCE COURSES OF COLLEGE GRADE AND OP PURELY COMMERCIAL AND VOCATIONAL RANK—ALL IN THE FIELD OF BUSINESS. ONE OF THE LARGEST BUSINESS SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTRY. EXTRAORDINARY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES APPROVED FOR VETERANS TRAINING. Write for particulars. — Address— BOWLING GREEN BUSINESS UNIVERSITY B*wling Green, Kentucky tiong would be staged between . Aug. 14 and Aug. 22. Later new centers may be es tablished to supplement the work planned here at Fayetteville and Charlotte. Each of the three centers is to supply about one-third of the total State quota. After the pre-induction examina tions, the men will be sent back to their homes to await call to Fort Bragg for final processing. These calls may come, draft officials said, between Sept. 2 7 and Sept. 29. o — Hereford cattle are Vno^m so widely as the beef that a lot of people think It's not good beef : it isn't a whiteface. 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