North Carolina Newspapers

lhe pilot Covers Brunswick County 0^-jjxTEEN ~NO famed G Partly i In Heidelberg Hos tal After Accldent Stronger Government Ag iarian Policies In Japa. Urged iaTENSTANDlNG TRIAI 2 Man 1" Gestapo De Jares Himself Not Guilty ' Before Tribunal HAXNHEIN- -Gen. George ? * iay partially paralyzed ii Heidelberg hospital today a ,T:r.ent nerve specialists wer amoned from England and th 5 lo treat spinal injurie Jit he received in an auto .rff. ' accident yesterday. Ai ?v medical bulletin said tha ^ s eeneraf condition wa yfactory, that he was com ;,v rational and had spent i portable night. TOKYO?Warning from influen i farmers that rice riots ar vitable without stronger gov -,;er.t agrarian policies coin \v:th General MacArthur' itttd blunt demand that Japan' ilal land system be alterei mediately. CHUNGKING?A Chinese dis itch said today that irregula uces inside the Manchurian cit; ; Mukden had withdrawn or nmunists orders as Centra vtrr.ment tr oops stood outsid i city. Although th ops of Gen. Chang Hsueh-Shil mously had been reporter itirg into the city to welconn jBgking forces, this dispatci rid they still were linked witl icese communists. At Yenar j. Peng Teh-Huei, vice com c;er in chief, of Chinese com ] TF . 37 eneral Is Paralyzet :] Shallotte Has A Rough Wee Car Strikes Dwelling, A other Car Crashes, Ai " i Colored Men Raise D! _ I turbance Mayor Leori Galloway of Sh I lotte says that things got prel | rough in his bailiwick seve ' times last week. On one of thi n | occasions Henry Lewis Bell a 3 his brother, Henderson Bell, b< e | colored, came to town and got e trouble, after raising a distui s ance. Henry Bell got hims " pretty well beaten up by T. n Sanders white sawmill man. iConanatc: on Page Six) orrestal Yacht Here Saturda) hvate Yacht Of Secretary Of The Navy Here Witt Commander J. W. Payne Jr., In Charge The Sequoia, beautiful privat e*. of Secretary of the Nav; fa: docked at Southpor .aiy night and Saturday. Th Sii vas cnroutc to Floridi a Commander J. W. Payne :. n charge and a Navy crev Wri. It was stated that Sec sary Foriestal would join th Florida, going there b; C:?parcel to the millionaire as of yachts, the Sequoia wa f:'.?ntious in size, only abou '! feet in length. She war t- vr beautifully finished an< r.ihed Fbur local people fert Godfrey, who served fou *15 in the Navy as a Lieut t Miss Eleanor Niemsec, whi Rri over three years over rs a Captain with the Arm; Mis* Hilda Muller, am u Keziah. received invitation I Pn nh/vtvrl *V,rt Cnnn/xin urhor, -- K'JVHIU tJ1V ?? i?\-? *5 ''etc cordially received. Brief Newt Flashes ^ _ ?1 Return Sunday A F. Mollycheck, who ha 1 the Infirmary and at th of her sister in Charleston for the past month, is ex '.J to return home Sunday in the Infirmary she un *?nl an operation. "state college ' and Mrs. Billy Bragaw ar a cotjplc of days in Ra ? *Ir- Bragaw going there t ,; S eparations for a final yea stMy at state College. He ha ^turned from Japan. ^ITEtt MOTHER fc* y ar"' Mrs' Irvin J?y. 0 i,, have been spending Mrs. Lottie Joj ^ WEATHER :: morning brought tit ^ frostiest weather of th tjjjL0 Brunswick County, rca > i; 't.ptor "?K killing, accordin; W o'"3' leather reports in ^ - that the cold may last fo 41 days. ^tS h?ME here Mrs- D- J- Smith, c itts,;" avc bought the Flanne 4(pvn, Ba.v street, known a ^ Sr,,, housc, and are plannin * Smjth rc ia the ncvir futuri b ,vj' is a real estate open fe't... P continue h jj , "ar. add to his beating, Chief s Police C. E. Pitman arresl Henry and Mayor Galloway ga a him his choice of 30 days in j or the payment of a fine of $50 and costs. e At about six o'clock one moi ing a great many Shallotte fol were awakened by a tremendc ^ crash. Mr. and Mrs. Char] Tatum occupy a small two roc a house about 50 feet back fr< j Route 17?two room house atx i 50 feet back from Route 17. Pa ! Stanley and a fellow named Si I mons, both from New Brunswi in Columbus county, were passi ^ the house. Simmons is said . Mayor Galloway to have be drunk. Stanley, the driver of t car, was not so far gone exc< (Cont'nuea on ''age H"our> a * No Final Report ! On Bond Driv Brunswick Went Safe Over Its Quota But Will Not Be Known Ho > Much For Some Time . | No final figures are yet ava ' | able on the Victory Bond drive i Brunswick. All that is known r1 that the county went safely o\ i the top with its quota Tuesd t night of last week. The E Ser was exceeded by several thousa dollars. a It is understood that state he; J j quarters will issue a report tl ^ I week, giving the full figures 1 01 Brunswick county up to Sati II day night. This report should i available for publication n< v week. The headquarters will " l sue another report the first we e ! in January, giving the final su ^ ] ming up of the Victory Bo I J Knncrhf in | drive. Cj. JDUiiUo uuugiik 111 ; counties between now and Je ? uary I will be credited to I I quotas of the county in whi !j | they are bought. With this L lowance it is expected that qu [ a number of counties that fail r j to make their quotas during t " | drive will yet make good, o 1 5 Calling For Bids c On Two Bridge f Brunswick River And Al gator Creek Bridges M; Have Contracts Let Jan ary Seventh j T. T. Bctts, division cngini ' for the State Highway Comni | sion, announced this week U | new bids are being called for j January 7th for the replacenu s I of the Brunswick River Brie! ** ! . t??CrrpXe hririce in t! j anu w>v?.. 0_ ' j county on highways 74 and ' | near Wilmington. ' | Bids for the new bridges w( called for during November a those received were considci too high, with the result that I highway commission decided ? readvertise the project. Both bridges, old type natr 0 structures, have been considci r j extremely dangerous for 1 31 heavy traffic using 74 and 17. number of serious wrecks he taken place near both of them, well as actually on the bridg '' i Prudent drivers, who arc aware a the dangerous condition, hs r- been stopping their vehicles order to let oncoming traffic j through. The new structures v e bo made much wider than I 0 present ones, il Stamp No. 39 r Good January 1 On January I, Sugar rat Stamp No. 3D will be good if five pounds of sugar, accord r to the OPA office in Ralci ,s Sugar Ration Stamp No. 38, n g good, will expire on December e. Stamp No. 39 will be good ui i- April 30. The latest word is; sugar is that it will be ratioi [during a Urge part cf 3. IE ST, A Goo ~~6-PAGES TODAY General Marshall i. -' : > ! Ills I ? ' | Lty ral jse JB .iid HiBB^BBBB^Btsi^^Bsl >th I GENERAL MARSHALL in j rb~ WASHINGTON, D. C? SOUNE e]f PHOTO?General George C. Mar J- shall declared that in 1941 Hawai ''? and Panama were America's mail ot outposts of defense and that th ted Philippines were so poorly equip LVe ped that "no defense against ; al1 first class power was conceiv 00 j able." Photo shows Gener a j George C. Marshall as he testi rn- fied at the Pearl Harbor investi Iksgation. President Truman re ius cently named Marshall specia ley ] emissary to China, replacing Pat Dm rick Hurley who resigned. Dm! * Small Docket rung, Heard Monda> by | Only About Half Dozer ' t Minor Cases For Disposi tion Before Judge Wart Here Monday On Monday there was anothe I small docket to be heard in tli Recorders court. The Minut 0 Docket has the following en tries: Clarence Todd, speeding, judg y ment suspended on payment of i H fine of $15.00 and costs. Fine re iw mitted. William H. Walker (colorei North > West township) larcenj til- judgment suspended on paymen in j of costs and defendant ^require is < to report to the court'every thrc rer! months, for one year, to shot ay i good behavior. Same judgmen ies applies in case of Clark Graharr nd | a co-defendant with Walker. ) William E. McMillan, assault id-1 continued to December 17th. his I D. T. Brew, drunk on highwaj for j judgment suspended on paymen jr-! of costs. be J W. D. Hodges, drunk on high ;xt' way, judgment suspended on pay is- ment of costs. :ek Theodore Babson, larceny, no m- guilty. ncl Cordell Babson, larceny, judg a" ment suspended on payment of ; fine of $20.00 and costs, he t Orton Gardens cc Get Renovatior i Much Money Now Beinj Spent For Improvemen Of Eastern North Caro j linas Big Tourist Attrac [ tion li- j Tlic general run of visitor; *y ] paying a small admission, pro! u.! ably have no idea of the hug cost of developing flower garden such as Orton. scr Outstanding in this year's im lis-; provements at the gardens ar 'at I several hundred yards of windin; on | asphalt sidewalks, replacing man; >nt j of the gravel walks. The ne\ Igc j walks arc of about the same pre hie ] portions and up to city sidewal 17 standards. Many of the old con crctc sidewalks have also bee ,re rebuilt. The sidewalk work ha ncj been done by regular paving con ,e(1 tractors. jle In addition to the regular Oi to j (Continued on Page Four) ?od William B. Moon 3 Died Yesterday as cs. Former Southport Chief O of Police And Veteran O 'vc World War I To Be Bur in ied Here Thursday ?et rill William , Benjamin Moore, 5 the resident of Southport since worl war I, died in the J. Arthi: Doslier Memorial hospital Tuc: day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. , Mr. Moore was a veteran c F* the first world war. He rCturne jon to Southport following his scrvic for and was married to Miss Mabur ing Fisher, who survives him, alon gh. with two daughters, Mrs. W. ( ow Webb and Miss Kay Bevcrle 31, Moore. Mr. Moore was originall atil a resident of Charlotte, on' In addition to his immedial tied I family he is survived by two sii (Continued on Fags Fear) 4TE d Newspaper li Southport, N. CM We Six Are Hurt In Auto Crash On Route 17 Five Brunswick Negroes Seriously Injured When Car Crashes With That Of White Man ALL FIVE NEGROES WERE KNOCKED OUT Georgia Man Arrested On Charge Of Drunken And Reckless Driving Following The Accident An automobile crash on Route 17, near Supply, yesterday morning sent five negroes and one : white man to the hospital. Some of the negroes aie said to be I seriously injured. All are resii j dents of the Shallotte section. - The white man, M. L. Hiers, of ii Savannah Beach, Ga., suffered n scalp lacerations and a possible e, shoulder fracture. i? Hiers was placed under arrest a by Highway Patrolman who - charged him with reckless and .1 drunken driving. He was riding j alone in a Chevrolet car and, al-! legedly, was on the wrong side of !? the road when his car crashed .1; head on into the one occupied by - j the negroes. All of the occupants of the negroes car were found j unconscious when help arrived. The iniured negroes were listed j us follows: | Clyde Edward Slier, 25, ShalI lotte, broken right arm, lacera* | tions of the head; Lila Jane Siler. 121, his wife, scalp lacerations and a knee injury; Elmer Hill, two 11 year old son of Lila Siler, frac" | tured skull and other injuries; * Edgar McMillan, 58, both legs broken; Evelina McMillan, 45, wife of Edgar, both legs broken r and head injuries, e * Asks Detention ? Of Wanted Man ci Federal Officials In Virr>| ginia Asked To Detain t Douglas Ballard Wanted j In County On Murd;; e Charge t Clerk of Court Sam T. Bennett i, has filed a request with the ofj ficials of the federal Reformatory i at Petersburg, Va.. asking for i the detention of Douglas Ballard, r, j wanted in this county to answer t i a charee of murder and now T ~ ? ?- . | serving a sentence at Petersburg. -1 He will not be released from the - prison at Petersburg until Novj ember S, 1946. 11 In January of last year Bal| lard, a North West township ne-1 gro, is alleged to have shot and a. killed Edward Jenkins, another negro, at a beer joint operated by the wife of Ballard. At the time Ballard was out on parole from State prison. It is charged I that he slipped up to a window I of the beer joint and fired through 11 it, killing Jenkins, who was inside with a number of other y negroes. j Arrested for the crime, he was detained in jail for some weeks and then admitted to bail for the " ] sumc of $1,500, with T. E. Cooper of Wilmington going his bond. Before a term of superior court ' was convened and he could be '* j tried here on the murder charge c Ballard got into trouble with the s Federal officials and was sent to Petersburg. > S B- H38SS * , Bob Godfrey, lately discharged J from the Navy and now back at Orton, has been having difficulty . to readjust himself from saluting * to lifting his hat. Walking the ' street with Bob the other day, '* we met a lady and the Ex Gob was half way into a stiff salute before he caught himself and grabbed his hat, instead. This d slightly confused condition on the lr part of Bob reminds us that a >* day or two ago we received a very nice letter from a Lieut>f enant, in the Waves, Lt. Hilda id Brady, USNR, Washington, D. C. :c She prefixed her letter with "Sir" y and went on to say: "I say 'Sir' g- because while I was in Raleigh in 2. 1940-41-12, I heard that Southy port had a one man Chamber of y Commerce. 1 had a friend who was secretary to the State News c Bureau and she once wrote you a 5_ letter from her boss, asking: TVfcy do c-ittdfiddiers rur. stfle P0R1 i A Good Con dnesday, December 12 British L< R RvR^ ^ ^ C WASHINGTON, D. C.?(Soi | U. S. loan to Great Britain was ! State Department. Secretary cf ! | tary of Treasury Fred Vinson sif | States. Lord Halifax, British Ami Great Britain. Photo shows left to Lord Halifax, Secretary of State Treasury Fred Vinson, all seated j signs for the U. S. Dean Acheson, : tary Byrnes. Back row, left to rig j ner Ferguson, of Mich., Owen Br< ! Walter F. George, of Ga., Alben I ! and Representative Jerc Cooper, o Canadian Skit | Lack Of 1 Sees Great Boating Business On Inland Waterway And Deplores Lack Of Facilities At Southport FIRST HARD LUCK FOUND AT SOUTHPORT : Expects Many Canadian j Boats To Come Through Here Next Year And During Future Years One night last week among a I large number of yachts stopping i at Southport for the night were several of a convoy, originally numbering 25, out from New York. Before the boats left 1 Southport the next morning Captain H. M. Webb, of the yacht | Joniar II, called on VV. B. Kcziah ; to ^isk if something could not be ! done to provide facilities for the ; hundreds of boats which he said j would be coming through here next year and following years It was suggested that Captain | Webb, in view of the fact that (Continue^ on page 4) Shallotte Wants New Post Office j Patrons Of Office Expressing Dissatisfaction With Present Post Office Quarters When Mrs. Sam J. Frink was appointed postmistress at Shal| lottc last spring no building was j available for the office, with the .exception of an unsightly and j poorly suited one in a remote 1 setting. As Mrs. Frink was only lannointed actiner postmistress and j hail no assurance that the job ! would last longer than it took to hold a civil'' service examination to select a permanent official, I she could not go to the expense of putting up a good building of (Continued on Page Four) WING Reporter i ways?" Lieutenant Brady wcnl j on to say: "Since then the sccrc tary has been in Cermany wit) the Red Cross, and I've been ir the Navy?a Wave. Now I an' very tired. I want to come tx Southport. I want to go fishingmental fishing. I want to sit 01 the end of a dock in the sun shine and catch up on three year: of reading. I want to sleep lom hours and cat bluefish again." It is funny how things in con nection with something ofter come back to a. person witt I force. One day this week w< j were at Leland and Jimmy Raft cry owner of the R. & S. Amuse j mcnts was showing us the worki I of the show in winter quarters along with C. M. Hcdgcock, i ' long time employee of the show In the bar at Mr. Raftcry's priv ato home. Hedgecock proud.'; (Continued on Page Four' 0 r pil imunity !thTl945 oan Signed > . v -JB |E y IjelHB PTf jjoflnfl jndpiioto.)?The agreement for a signed formally last week at the State James F. Eyrnes and Sccrefneci the agreement for the United jassador to this country signed for right: Lord John Maynard Keynes, J. F. Byrnes, and Secretary of the in front row, as Secretary Byrnes standing directly in back of Secre;ht: Committee members, Sen. Bon:wster, of Me., Scott Lucas, of 111., lark ley, Chairman of Senate group, if Tenn., Chairman of House group. jper Deplores facht Facilities Officers Elected For AAA For 1946 i Good Representation Of Delegates At Convention At Supply To Name Farm Officials Secretary J. J. Hawes of the Biunswick county AAA reported this week that fine judgment was exercised by the farmers on Novi ember 30 and again on December 1, at which times various officials were elected for the administration of the 1946 Agricultural Program in Brunswick | county. I On November 30 the seventeen ! communities in the county elect> ed their three committeemen for ! each community. At this time ! they also voted their choice of a ! delegate to represent their com j munity ut the convention held at I the county AAA office in Supply j on Saturday. December 1st. '' The convention on December 1 ! was attended by delegates from j 16 of the 17 communities. The j essential feature of this convcn | lion was me nomination anu election of officers for the County 11 AAA. C. O. Bennett, of Freeland, was reelected chairman; G. Mar! tin Bennett, of Shallotte, was re1 j Continued on page four William Knox ! Dies In Texas i i : Member Of Widely Known Brunswick County Family Died At Lonjtview, Tex as, Last Thursday i William Closs Knox, son of the late J. J. and Mrs. Knox of the El Paso section of Brunswick j county, between Southport and { Wilmington, died at his home at j Longview, Texas, on December 6th. Mr. Knox was 55 years old on the 20th of October. After finishing high school he attended North Carolina State college and later married and moved to Texas. Funeral services were held at Longview, Texas, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. He is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Tom Long of Black Mountain; five sisters, Mrs. E. C. Newton, of Southport; Mrs. F. L. Galloway, Mrs. Rudolph Fulchcr and Miss Sallic Bctts (Continued on Page 4) Williamson Gets : Auto Machinery i War Veteran Has Arranged To Get Surplus Government Machinery For i Modern Auto Shop j The walls of thai new building - for the Williamson Motor Company, at Shallotte, are almost completed and Odell Williamson, . owner of the building, has just j returned from a 1100 mile trip, , during which he made arrangc, mcnts to get government surplus . equipment for repair work. One of the rooms of the new 3 concrete block building will be i, used for the housing of one of i the most modernly equipped auto . mobile repair shops in this sec tion of the state. The other room Y .wit! be used for the display of . (Continued on Page Sixj . ,0T SI.50 TER YEA* i'UBLJ; Five Day Hoi All Bru Special Meeting Shallotte Po: Adjutant D. Carl Andrews ! the Shallotte Post No. 24 American Legion, has announo that there will be a special mee ! ing of the Post members at tl Shallotte school house Fridi I night of this week, Decemb 114th, at 7:30 o'clock. All mer | bers of the post are urged to 1 present. Enraged Negro Kills His Wif j | James McDanie! Slays Wii And Wounds Cato Gri sett, With Wrom Coup | Made Their Home | Said to be enraged at his wi ' for having sworn out a warra | charging him with beating h J up, James McDaniel, negro wl lived with his family at the hor of Cato Grissett, near Shalloti shot and clubbed his wife to dea i early Sunday morning. Grissc ! was also shot and serious j wounded in the shoulder. The McDaniels are understo to have been living with Grisse ! for some time. Grissett's wi j is dead and McDaniel's wife ser ! ed as a housekeeper. McDani had been in South Carolina f I some time, returning about days ago. Last week he had trouble wi ' his wife, resulting in her swea I ing out a warrant, charging hi | with beating her up. Rural P ; liceman W. D. Evans went to tl Giissett home Saturday evenii with this warrant. He says th McDaniel fled into the woods ai did not return to the house un (Continued on Page 4) Waccamaw Man Receives Hono | Colonel Ivan L. Bennett Awarded Distinguishf Service Medal By Ge eral Douglas MacArthu Colonel Ivan L. Bennett, I Chaplain in the U. S. Army f the past 27 years and on duty the Pacific since April, 1942, h been awarded the Distinguish : Service Medal for service as chi chaplain of the American fore : in the Pacific. The award was made by Ge l eral Douglas MacArthur, whose staff Colonel Bennett ' serving. A son of the late Mr. and Ml j H. I. Bennett, of Waccanu j township, Colonel Bennett w J born and raised in Brunswick a still claims this county as 1 home. He has numerous relativ j living in the County. His fami has been residing in Ralei] I whle he is overseas. Durii normal times they live with hi at the various posts to whi he is assigned. Colonel Benn< first saw service as a Chapla in World War I. Raftery To Build New Night Clu R. & 5. Amusement Cor pany Plans Construct!* And Operation Of Nig Club Near Lay-In- Bas Jimmy Raftery of the R. &. Amusement Company of Lelai announced this week that plans the erection soon of a lar building onf his property near t junction of State Highways j and 17. The building will ha I night club accommodations I 500 people. Raftery states th in connection with the operati of the place he will secure t best bands obtainable to furni music. Floor shows will also held. A few years ago Mr. Raftc bought 14 acres of land near t Brunswick River bridge. Part this property lies on both sides Routo 74 and much of it also 1 frontage on Route 17. A part this property is used as win quarters for the R. & S. Amu ment company and several n buildings for the use of i show's employees, including a n home for Mr. and Mrs. Rafte have been constructed. The proposed night club v be only about 400 yards from i huge lay-in-basin which the No I Carolina Shipbuilding comps will start dredging this mor The club will have entran from both Route 74 and 17. they should request call to act (Cestinued -en- Tag; gfe) Most of The News All The Time ' I ' SHED EVERY WEDNESDAY liday For inswick Schools* -* | Holidays Begin Friday Of jf \ Next Week And School Resumes Monday, Decem0f; ber 31st j I _ ^ cd WEEK-ENDS STRETCH it-1 TO NINE FULL DAYS he! iy No Time Has Been Lost cri This Term For Any Rean" i son; Unusual Record' bei White and colored schools or j Brunswick county will close FriI day of next week, December 21st. > and will reopen on Monday, DecI ember 31st, according to advices p received this morning from the ^ office of Miss Annie Mae Wood| side, Supt. of Schools for Brunsfe wick county. s-' This will limit the actual school le holidays to only five days away from classes as two Saturdays and two Sundays are included in fe' the nine days of the closing nt period. erj During most sessions the length ho of the Christmas Holidays is ne| largely determined by whether or te, not the schools have lost any time th during the term. This year it itt appears that none of the schools ily have lost time and the short holii days result in order that the sesod; sion may be finished as early in itt the spring as possible. Then too, fe it is felt by school authorities v- that the longer the holidays the iel, less efficient the work when or j schools resume. 101 ^Oldest Citizen Died Yesterday John William Andrews Pas sed In J. Arthur Dosher til Memorial Hospital After A Brief Illness John William Andrews of Shallotte, believed to have been the ' oldest male citizen of Brunswick county, died here in the J. Arthur I* Dosher Memorial hospital Tuesday momi'ig, at 9;i>0. Mr. Andrews nad Deen ill tor the past "*j '* two or three week. He was 96 :d years old this past September. n" Andrews was a farmer and r a lifelong1 resident of Brunswick county, as were his parents. Up a until a few weeks ago he was or still quite active. When a repre- ! in scntative of this paper visited as him at his home between Shalecl (Continued on Page 4) lef " Russia Honors u Southport Man Son Of Mrs. Katie Cox, rs- Honored By Russian GovLW ernment; Now In Mer> *"! chant Marine nd lis 1 Yesterdays press dispatches told '?8 of the Russian government bey stowing honors on four U. S. ^ Naval heroes for "outstanding military activities" in tronsporting war goods to northern ports on the famed "Murmansk Run." . Among the four North Carolin linians so honored was Arthur ! Latncy Farmer, son of Mrs. Katie j T. Cox, of Southport. Her address was given in the story as WilI mington. She has a daughter h living in Wilmington but she has always resided in Southport and ~ on the farm owned by herself and her husband, M. Cox, two miles n- from South port. Jn The dispatch yesterday credited ht young Farmer with being de- I jn ceased. This is an error, according to his step father, who was g 1 seen yesterday afternoon. He is 1(j still very much alive, Mr. Cox he says, and is now in active serge vice with the Merchant Marine, i he in which he enlisted following his 74 discharge from the Navy. ,ve|, ^Reserve Corps X Wants Veterans be' i Recruiting Office Gives In*yJ formation Regarding Vet^ crans Enlisting In Re0f serve Corps ias) 0f! All men who were discharged i from the U. S. Army before 2 ^. October 1915, have until 2 Janice uary 1946 to enlist in the Enlist- j. jlc ed Reserve Corps according to i ice the Army Service Forces in Wilry, InUngton. Any men discharged on or after 2 Oct. 45 must have cnvljj; listed at time of discharge. I Men enlisting in the ERC are I rth 1 enlisted in the rank held at time j my of discharge. They will have a Lth.' definite military status even as. a il ccs'civilian and a place in the In- I active postwar Army. Should vet- jj jVCjerans ever be recalled to active * | duty tn a future emergency cr it i . . - - l ! - ?1