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Show U. S. Maritime Service Offers Men Unlimited Opportnuities The U. S. Maritime Service, which opened a Regional Enrolling Enroll-ing Office in Denver. September 4, 1942, is doing good' business with the number of enrollees rapidly increasing as more and more men in Colorado and nearby near-by States are becoming cognizant of the excellent opportunities afforded af-forded them. U. S. Maritime enrollees are proud of the chance to serve their Country by beginning a career which will not end suddenly when the war is over but rather will go on to greater heights as the demand increases for Maritime Mari-time men to man the ships that will transport essentials necessary neces-sary for rehabilitating the World at large. While the regular U. S. Navy, with their armed might, succeeds in "blocking out" the enemy, the men of the Merchant Marine will be taking equipment and supplies sup-plies to various goals goals which will add to ultimate VICTORY! VIC-TORY! Opportunities are offered today to-day which did not exist prior to Pearl Harbor. During peace time, duty in the U. S. Maritime was so desireable that age restrictions were from 18 to 23 years of age. Now, howefer, age requirements are from 17 years, 8 months to 35, which gives the "older young men" a chance to enter into and engage in careers heretofore denied de-nied them. If a man has had previous sea time, the age limit is boosted to forty. An applicant must, however, be without physical physi-cal defects which would render him unsuitable for life at sea. Training courses are offered for seamen, radio operators, cooks and bakers and stewards. Enrollment in the Maritime Service is for three months as apprentice ap-prentice seaman at $50 a month, with necessary transportation, clothing, and living accomodations accomoda-tions provided by the Government. Govern-ment. Upon satisfactory com-I com-I pletion of the training course, enrollees en-rollees will be furnished transportation trans-portation to jobs on merchant vessels where the present scale of wages per month is as follows: Ordinary Seamen $82.50; Able-bodied Able-bodied Seamen, $100; Quartermaster, Quarter-master, $105; Boatswain, $112.50 to $127.50; Wipers, $87.50; Firemen, Fire-men, $100; Oilers, $110 and Wa-tertenders, Wa-tertenders, $110. Upon completion of fourteen months sea service, the enrollees may enter the Officers' Training School for four months with pay atJ?126 per month, uniforms, subsistence, sub-sistence, quarters, and all study material furnished by the Government. Gov-ernment. Upon successful completion com-pletion of this course, the enrollee is given an Ensign's Commission in the U. S. Maritime Service, and a Third Mate's or Third Assistant Engineer's license which qualifies quali-fies him for a position paying from $185 to $350 per month. In addition to the wages listed above, 85-cents an hour overtime is paid, food and quarters are furnished, $5,000 insurance is carried car-ried on each member of the crew, and a bonus of 40 to 100 per cent of base wages is paid varying according ac-cording to the waters navigated. Radio operators are urgently needed on board vessels of the U. S. Merchant Marine. Successful aplicants will be enrolled at the Resident Radio School, Gallups Island, Boston, Massachusetts. A radio enrollee receives a monthly salary while attending the school based upon his qualifications. quali-fications. The pay status of enrollees en-rollees is as follows: All enrollees not holding an F. C. C. dariotele-graph dariotele-graph operator license, second class, will receive $54 per month for the first three months, and $66 per month throughout the remainder re-mainder of the course. Enrollees holding an F. C. C. radiotelegraph operator license, second class, will receive $74 per month throughout the course of instruction, instruc-tion, which lasts for a period of six months. Enrollees are furnished fur-nished quarters and subsistence, a uniform clothing outfit, and necessary books by the Government Govern-ment without charge. After completion com-pletion of the course, enrollees will be furnished transportation to jobs on merchant vessels where the present monthly wage ranges from $125 to $225 a month with overtime of $1.15 per hour. Cooks and bakers are likewise in demand. The course of instruction in-struction at the Cooks & Bakers School is designed to prepare the I enrollee for service as cook, bak-; bak-; er, or steward on vessels of the American Merchant Marine. Monthly pay is as follows: Cooks, $142.50; Bakers, $90 to $170; Stewards, Stew-ards, $189.75, plus 85-cents an hour overtime. Men who come within the specified spec-ified age limits and are anxious to take advantage of this fine opportunity to receive training for these well paying positions should apply to: i U. S. Marine Service, 433 Utah Oil Building, Salt Lake City, Utah or your nearest Federal Employment Employ-ment office. I MORE MEN IN MARITIME I WILL HASTEN PEACETIME! |