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Show who are trying to escape service. Army To Expand i Air Corps Reserve The war Department called on 1 ! the Reserve Officers Training , ' Corps to produce between 801V and j j 1,000 officers a year for the Air ' Corps Reserve. Air Corps officials offici-als are locking for service officers offi-cers qualified in technical specialties special-ties for duties in connection with supply procurement. They are particularly par-ticularly interested in graduates who have majored in aeronautical aeronautic-al training, and engineering, me- j chanical and business adminis- trillion. New Interior Organized I The war Department established establi-shed interceptor commands for its four air forces and created an armored force headquarters. Complete Com-plete bombardment and pursuit group organizations already have been set up for the Air Corps, but uritil now there has been no unified command of interceptor forces which would be the coun-erpart coun-erpart of the British Hurricane and Spitfire squadrons. No Port Holes Built On New Battleship The 35,000 ton battleship North Carolina, first battleship to be added to the Navy list since 1923 which is to be commissioned this week, will be the first man of -war without portholes ever to be built in this country.. This ship an her sisters were designed with portholes but war lessons have shown that the concussice force of large bombs that hit close alongside al-ongside smash even the steel bat tie ports and cause interior damage. dam-age. The portholes, therefore, were blanked off. WASHINGTON NBWS: ; 1 tnr- .- r' -. ; FROM OUR CONGRESSMAN W. K. GRANGER jMLirs io Uasnmtuii The District The following is a list of visitors visi-tors from Utah during the past week : Governor Herbert B. Maw; Neil C. Christcnsen; Gus Backman, Salt Lake City; John R. Hood. Richfield; Robert Bischoff, Ogden; Rex McEntire; Grant Neutebaum; Lamar Buckncr: Maurice Richards; Rich-ards; Marcus J. Auslad, Ogden; and Mrs. Heber Meeks. Stilt Lake City. Governor Maw has spent the past week in Washington. His trip has included a visit with the President at . the White House, besides becoming acquainted with the heads of the various departments, depart-ments, particularly the office of Production Management and the War Department. The Governor and the Utah Delegation are convinced that Utah is logically located for many of the defense ' projects and this idea is being sold to the heads of the various , departments. ; U. S. Trade With Latin American at Its Peak Our combined export trade with ' Latin American countries in 1940 L reached the peak figure of $1,-; $1,-; 346,900,000, compared with $1,086,-800,000 $1,086,-800,000 in 1939 and $948,300,000 in 1938. Numerous specialized products, pro-ducts, chiefly of a tropical nature, such as fruits, nuts, and indus- trial oils, showed lively increases , in our import records, as did also a number of strategically important impor-tant items, such as manganese, tungsten, vanadium, lead, tin and zinc, the chief beneficiaries in these lines being Chile, Peru, Mexico, Mex-ico, Bolivia, Cuba, and Brazil. Only Mentally Fit Sought The Selective Service System is attempting to induct only those men who are equipped to meet the mental requirements of armed forces, of the present day, according accord-ing to the chief of the Medical Division. Citing the unwholesome, unwhole-some, result of World War mobilization mobil-ization of mentally unqualified recruits, he explained that teams of phychiatrists are working throughout the country to acquaint ac-quaint all doctors connected with draft hoards of the essential men- tal qualifications required of present pre-sent day soldiers. This is expected to insure the widest selection of men. Navy Already on War Footing The United States Navy already is on a virtual war footing and not much more could be done to speed naval preparation if the call for full mobilization should come at any time. The present effectiveness of the fleet finds it tactical value maintained and enhanced in the midist of an expansion ex-pansion - parogf am never before equalled. The American Navy now has 15 capital ships, 18 heavy cruisers, 19 light cruisers, 105 submarines and 160 destroyers in service, with two new battleships battle-ships due to be commissioned this spring and numerous other war vessels under construction. Selective Service Evaders An investigation of about 10,-500 10,-500 men thought to be Selective Service evaders is being made by the Department of Justice. So far, 70 persons have been convicted con-victed of evasion. The Government Govern-ment is pursuing a lenient policy toward men chosen for the Selective Select-ive Service and is not pressing those who have failed through ignorance to report But definite steps will be taken toward those |