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Show 0 Sunday, November 14. 1948 SUNDAY HERALD Army Is Fussy About Its New Draftees; From 50 to 90 Flunking On Physical Exams pected a high rate of rejections among this group because many of them had been examined and turned down for the World War II draft. But they weren't prepared pre-pared for the army doctors being 6 fussy. Befdre examinations were start-ed start-ed it was estimated that there would be 8000 eligible' men found out of the 1,200,000 men in the U. S. who are in the 23-year-old bracket. With the total number of men the army will take in during the next three months believed be-lieved to be close to 43,000, local boards might have to dig down into the supply of younger men much faster than was expected. The age group 22 to 24 contains approximately 3,600,000 registrants. regis-trants. A maximum of 70,000 men were expected to be eligible for uniforms from this pool. Btit at the present rate of rejections for physical reasons, draft call J may have to dip into the next lowest age group before next spring. It took the national selective service until Just recently to discover dis-cover that the exact rejection rate for the World War II draft was 33.8 per cent. Out of 17.934,300 men examined from Nov., 1840, to Aug., 1943, a total of 6,419,700 were rejected. Those figures, as bad a commentary com-mentary as they are on the state of the health of the nation's youth, include the last twe year of the war when the services were desperate for men and By DOUGLAS LARSEN NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON (NEA) The Army is being mighty choosey about whom they're taking in the peacetime draft. First returns from selective boards around the country show that they're turning down from 50 to 90 per cent- of the young men who are showing up for physical exams. - Men in the 25-year-old class are being examined first because the law says that they can't be inducted after their 26th hirthdav. Draft officials ex- " 1. . 1 1 A 1 1 A lowered pnysicai sianaaraa iu mr absolute minimum. With the urgency not nearly as great right now, and with more; men to draw from, the army can afford to take only the better physical specimens. The physical standards set by the army arc considerably higher than they were at the end of the last war.. The official policy is to set the same standards for draftees as, has been set for volunteers dur- ; ing the past couple of years. Sev- i eral local draft officials, however, have said that the army doctors appear to be tougher with 'the draftees than they are wkh the volunteers Flat feet didn't keep men out of World War II service. Now the army is rejecting men who have various forms of fallen arches. Ir 1944 and 1945 the services were acepting men with no teeth. Today they have tc have at least 16 of their own teeih to be accepted. Men totally blind in one eye not uniforms foi World War II. Now one eye ha to have perfect vision and the other at least some kind of par tlal vision to qualify a man for free GI clothing. The men also have to make better grades on the mental and psychological tests to be accepted As yet the air force and the navy haven't asked selective service for any men. Recruiting figures indicate that these serv - V. f V 'IV JJ X-iv I , hmiufitviMiuu&ri' in hi i Cost Picked For I New Comet Streaks Sky Kolob MIA Play SPRINGVILLE Following re cent try-outs, the cait for the Kolob stake MIA three-act play, "Once .There Was a Princess," has been announced as follows: Princess . Bellatorre, Mrs. In S. Bird; Signor Moroni, John Stark; ine uia princess, ieora r. jsck- son; Kate Boyd, Gertrude Weight; Mrs. Purrington, Beverly Ann Thyrett; Mrs. Seaver, Gladys Wiscombe; Ruby Boyd, Shirley Carter; Aunt Meta Crimble, Emily Miner;: Joe Boyd, Glen. Pyperji Phil Lennox, Wayne Holley; Milton Mil-ton D'Aray, Joseph Curtis; Jennie, Jen-nie, Mary Jane H or ton; Ada, Rae Anne Boyer. The play, directed by Mrs. Jessie J. Dalton, is scheduled for production Dec. 14 and 15. with the place to be announced later. These are 25-year-olds, lined up for the peace-time draft call. Many are registered, but few are chosen. ices probably won't need draftees preting the law, which sets out in the immediate future. Ivery general categories of work- Last month the navy got 14,751 cr5 and gtudents as deferable. The men, including 208J 18-vear-olas, .... ulllbnriV tn iav for one year. 10.261 new men and dQwn deUlled regulations of de- 2407 re-rnlistments. The an force got 946 18-year-olds. 7452 new enlistments and 3634 rc enlistments. The army only got 32 per cent of its monthly quota of 10,000 18-year-olds. This shortage short-age of army volunteers is the reason rea-son for the drnfi. National selective service . officials offi-cials have expressed amazement that the new law has worked so smoothly in t lie matter l determents. deter-ments. So far local boards have iibL complete authority in inter- .ciments and can add any cate gories to the list. Local boards have been handling the matter so well, however, there has been no need for any special or explanatory explana-tory ruling, according to draft officials. Student Council Named at Franklin A student council has been formed at Franklin school witn ; representatives from various home rooms participating. A student body election was conducted, with Boyd Jolley being elected president; Boo Mitchell, vice president; Sylvia Vincent, secretary and Kenneth Holm, cheerleader. Jim Robblns is council chairman. This week at the Franklin, the student officers conducted an Armistice day program. Mrs. Eve Stevens and Frederick Glover, exchange teachers from England, were guest speakers. Special music was furnished. Education week features at the school included parent-teacher conferences. Book week is the next activity with a skit from "Alice in Wonderland" planned. Other activities planned include the planting of tulip bulbs and a search for talent drive. :-. f. r (NEA Tmlmnhotai A gleaming new comet described by astronomers a the brightest seen in the northern hemisphere since 1927, is shown here in a photograph tsvken at Palomar Observatory at Mount Palomar, Caul. Dark Victory' To Be Produced By Players' Guild "Dark Victory," the great stag drama of a pampered rich girl faced by blindness and death, will be presented Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 by the Provo Players Guild on the Paramount theater stage. The play was a hit on Broad way, and' was made into a top notch movie starring Bette Davis. Authors are George Brewer Jr. and Bertram Block. Morris dinger will direct the play, the selection of which furthers the reputation of the Players' Guild as an agency which has repeatedly brought the best in legitimate drama to Provo. Mr. Clinger is a speech instructor at Brigham Young university and a member of the Guild board of directors. Mrs. Ariel Ballif ia president of the Guild. Evening performances are planned plan-ned for both Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, with a matinee scheduled Thursday Thurs-day afternoon. Sal em Mr. and Mrs. Harold Armstrong Arm-strong of Los Angeles, Calif., have been the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chris Jorgensen the past two weeks. Mr. Amstrong flew back to Los Angeles last week and his wife left here Saturday. Sat-urday. Mrs. Amstrong wil return with her father, and Mr. and Mrs. . Vaud Jorgensen. The local Daughters of the Utah Pioneers held their regular meeting at the home of Lilly Sa-bin Sa-bin recently. Chloe Jorgensen and Effie Taylor served as assisting hostesses. Main feature of the meeting was a discussion by Minnie Min-nie Hanks concerning the purchase pur-chase of several volumes of Heart Throbs to raise and add funds to the memorial building construction construc-tion campaign now going on in Salt Lake City. President Hanks was in charge of the meeting. Final decision reached by the club concerning the drive was that each of Salem's city members mem-bers would buy at least one volume. vol-ume. This division's quota was set at 20 copies. The lesson, "Trails and Pioneer Freighters," was given by Effie Taylor. The next meeting of the group will be held at the local church on Dec. 9. It will be the cerebration of the oganization's annual Chist-mas Chist-mas party. Eloise Sabin entertained her sewing club Wednesday evening. The time was spent in sewing and they planned their Christmas party to be held at the home of Orpha Carson. A hot tray lunch wa served to 11 attending members. mem-bers. Merlene Swasy was the honored hon-ored guest at a birthday anniversary anniver-sary celebration Friday. She is ten years old. Her mother served 25 of Merlene's friends with a luncheon. The Special Interest group of the MIA enjoyed a two reel movie mo-vie here Tuesday. The film was presented to the group after regular reg-ular mutual session had been held. At the next meeting, the Salem class will act as host for all of the special interest groups of the stake at a "harvest festival." festi-val." Friday evening the ward offlc- Winter Sport Show Slated December 3 Sponsored by the Edelweis Ski club, the Timpanogos Mountain club, and the Provo recreation department, de-partment, a winter sports show wil be held Dec. 3 in the Provo high school auditorium, it was announced Saturday by Miss Jessie Schofield, city recreation director. Miss Schofield said the show will start imediately after the an nual Christmas parade, which will start at 6:30 p. m. Winter sports equipment and clothing will be displayed by the city's merchants. A demonstration of exercises to put orm in shape for skiing will be given and ski movies shown. After the show, a dance will be held in the Federation room of the Provo labor temple, at which a snow queen will be crowned. OFFICERS CAN'T FIND SOVIET WOMAN STV NEW YORK. Nov. 13 (UP) United States marshals have been unable to find Elizabeth T. Bent-ley, Bent-ley, admitted member of a wartime war-time Communist espionage ring, in a search which started Oct. 6, it was disclosed today. Miss Bcntley's disappearance was disclosed when an attorney for William W. Remington filed a paper in federal court asking permission to serve a libel suit summons and complaint personally personal-ly on the former espiopage agent. mmm There's Nothing Like a Woman... Monarch Airlines Get Region Head Appointment of Frank F. Mur ray as regional manager for Mon arch air lines was - announced Saturday by Ray M. Wilson, executive vice president at Denver, Den-ver, Colo. Mr. Murray has been with Monarch air lines for the past two years and was originally appointed ap-pointed station manager at Salt Lake City, Provo, Price, Grand Junction and Montrose, Colorado. His present duties will include supervision for the entire Monarch Mon-arch operation in the state of Utah including maintenance, operations, traffic and sales, and administration. 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