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Show Be A Marine PUBLIC! RELATION SECTION W. R. D., U. S. M. C. 100 Harrison Street, San Francisco, Calif. "BE A MARINE AND FREE A MARINE TO FIGHT." With this slogan on her lips, Major Ruth Cheney' Streeter, of Morristown, N. J., (left), is touring the Far East in the interests in-terests of the United States Marine Mar-ine Corps Women's Reserve, she heads as Director. With her on her official tour is First Leeutenant E. Louise Stewart, Director of Publicity for the Reserve. They are pictured pic-tured as they called upon Major General William P. Upshur, Commanding Com-manding Officer of the Marine Corps Department of the Pacific, at San Francisco. While on the tour she is conferring con-ferring with commanders of all Marine Corps establishments to determine their need for women Marines to take over non-combatant posts, thus freeing men the fighting ranks. One thousand officers and 18, 000 enlisted women are being recruited re-cruited for duties varying from clerical work to aviation storekeepers, store-keepers, and from hairdressers to radio operation and repair. There are 36 classifications, in all, for which are being accepted. accept-ed. For the enlisted personel two years of high school or business school are required for women from 20 to 36 wears of age. Women from 20 to 50, with a college' degree or two years of college and two years of business busi-ness experience, taay apply for officer training. Married women will be accepted accept-ed unless they are married to Marines, or have children under the age of 18 years. Information may be obtained at any recruiting office, or at Officer Procurement at 411 West 6th Street, Los Angeles; 703 Market Street, San Francisco, or 117 Marion Street, Seattle. O |