Show First SPAR Unit Accepted Twelve Utah girls will make up the first assigned contingent of of WAVES and SPARS to be accepted through the Navy Recruiting it was revealed Wednesday by the main station in Salt Lake The first dozen to complete applications successfully and sworn in are scheduled to leave by March 1 for training and officials To facilitate the enlistment of the quota between now and the first of next an officer from the office of Naval Officer Procurement in San Francisco will remain in Salt Lake throughout February to approve With the officer in Salt it will no longer be necessary this month to send application papers to San Francisco for approval and this will speed up the recruitment program of women in the Navy and Coast On completion of four months of the girls in the first of which nine are to be WAVES and three will either be assigned to active duty at some shore base within the continental limits of the United or sent to advanced schools for more highly technical training by Navy The pay grades for women in these two branches are the same as for men in the Navy and Coast and they receive the same benefits and In appealing to women of Utah to enlist and release men on shore stations for duty at officials called attention to the requirements of education and other essential An applicant must be at least 20 years of age and not have reached her birthday for entrance in the enlisted Two years of high school or business schooling at re and an applicant can-not be married to a man in the same branch of service or have any children under Enlistees are required to the mental and physical Navy Recruiting stations in Utah are located in Salt and Cedar |