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Show jYouth Wanted for Aviation I The role youth has to play in the great expansion of commercial commer-cial aviation to follow the war, as well as its importance in carrying the fight to the Axis today, will be highlighted during Aviation Cadet Week, commencing Saturday Satur-day August 28 and extending through September 4. Announcement Announce-ment of the event, which will be statewide, was made this week by Colonel Frank W. Wright, commanding com-manding officer of the Army Air Base, Salt Lake City. i A proclamation being issued by Governor Herbert 8. Maw will appeal to all young men of the State of Utah, between the ages of 17 and 26, to consider the advantages ad-vantages of Aviation Cadet training. train-ing. Colonel Wright stressed that, j while the minimum age for enrollment en-rollment as an Aviation Cadet is eighteen, youths of seventeen may enlist at once in the Air Corps Enlisted Reserve. (Continued on page 5) i (Continued from page 1) j "Such enlistment does not mean ! these young men will have to give up their studies or other occupation oc-cupation now," he stated, ''as they will not be called for cadet training until after their eighteenth eight-eenth birthday." It was pointed out that a great need exists for young men to man our flying fortresses, Liberators Lib-erators and speedy attack ships. With the tempo of aerial warfare increasing as our planes fill the skies above Axis strongholds, it s essential that our pilots, navigators navi-gators and bombadiers have the advantage of youthful stamina resiliency. "With the finest training Uncle Sam can supply, ' said Colonel Wright," the young men perform this service of inestimable value for their country now will find places of leadership in the age of commercial aviation which will follow victory. |