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PAGE2 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1944

TELES G General Service Rating Editor Detached
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T$ASTHEAD -......... ..: Of Mailman Established gur.ate the use of unusual pictures
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e The general service rating of and photographic layouts.
Official Treasure * * cost to the 1ailman (MaM) has been estab- The story of his success can best
* * Island publication distributed every Saturday without
officers, enlisted personnel, and employees of Treasure Island. All communications and s 1shed in the special branch by Sec- bt' told in the commendation he re-
contributions should be directed to The Editor, Welfare and Recreation Department, ·etary of Navy to replace the ceived from Commodore R. W.
Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Phone: EX brook 3931, Extension 59.
·p<"cialist (M) rating, in order to Cary, which follows in part: "Com-
COMMODORE R. W. CARY, USN Now is the Time ... ;ive the mailman his own per- n;ander Training and Distribution
Commander U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center
_ Treasure Island personnel has al• nanent place among Navy ratings Center on the occasion of your
LT. COMMANDER R. S. KIMBELL, USNR ways been fortunate to have at the md to send him to sea, where transfer to another station for
Director of Welfare and Recreation helm of this rapidly expanding 1ecessary. duty desires to commend you for
naval base foresighted men of in-
CLYDE F . BABB, Slc, USNR All specialist (M) are now being your energy, intelligence, unre-
Editor tegrity who are ready, willing anc' :hanged to mailman ratings of rnttting effort and success in mak-
able to perform their given taskf
ROBERT E . JOHNSON, Y3c, USNR, Associate Editor ,qual pay grades. Non-rated per- ing The Masthead, the weekly
with wise and exacting knowledge 10rmel may. be advanced to MaM3c newspaper of this station, into the
Rex N. Olsen, Y3c, Managing Editor Robert H . P er ez, Cox, Sports These men have brushed aside ob- ~o fill vacancies in complement, in excellent publication it is today. It
Carolyn N. Brown, Y2c, Waves Editor George J. Schechter, Y3c, Staff Artist solete and thin-worn traditions, as• tccordance with current advance- has grown during your incumb-
(The Masthead uses Camp Newspaper Service Material) suming the responsibility of ren• nent instructions. ency as editor- from a leaflet to an
dering a vital war-time service tc
Ratings of general service petty eight page newspaper. Your suc-
the military personnel of this com-
.TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, NOV. 18, 1944 1fflcers designated Navy mail cess in producing this fine paper
mand. Their job is to inform, coun-
'lerks may be changed to MaM with the extremely small staff you
sel, caution, inci~e, remind, in• ratings of equal pay grade, if they had for assistance is an outstanding
EDITORIAL- struct and discipline the personnel ue qualified as such and have accomplishment. The Commander
for the purpose of achieving vie- ,crved in postal duties so long as Training and Distribution Center
tory quickly with the loss of as few .,_ t to be well qualified for the offers its congratulations and
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lives as possible. That is why the :h:.ties indicated by present ratings. hopes that you may find your new
NOW IT'S THE V-2 highest praise possible is ascribed Insignia for the MaM rating will assignment interesting."
to this competent command ; that be announced later. Meanwhile, Yeoman Solomon entered the
England's Prime Minister, vVinston Churchill, late
is why participation in all impor- men rated Ma.M will continue to Naval Reserve eighteen months
last week confirmed a story which Berlin has· been plug- tant war - winning programs wear the insignia of their previous ago, following several years of
ging for weeks, namely: new high-flying, high-speed robot achieved success- war bond pro- rating. national display experience in ad-
grams in particular. vertising. Born in Hong Kong,
bombs have been hitting London and 'other parts of Eng- Again this command has been human principle. His "ffght to the China, he has traveled throughout
land. called upon to participate in the last" order, saying that any officer the Orient and saw one of the
Pearl Harbor Day War Bond Drive, or soldier who flees from the battle- rnajor Chinese uprisings. He has
Named the V-2, the new projectile is a rocket with in connection with the Sixth War field is to be shot summarily was
also traveled in Europe, spending
probably no greater accuracy than the V-1, but it has a Loan Drive, and now is the time broadcast by Himmler. This puts some time in Paris. "To my many
for all hands to give a generous the German officers and soldiers on
greater range. Unlike the V-'l, the new V-2 rode the stra- frtends on Treasure Island, I wish
response to this very worthy cause what we call "the spot."
to express my appreciation for the
tosphere and hit the earth at a velocity faster than sound and back the command of this General Eisenhower has issued excellent cooperation and friendly
naval installation. orders · that German officers and
travels. i:ipirit shown me while with The
The Departmental quota of soldiers who do not flee are to be Masthead,'' Yeoman Solomon said.
The English are calling the 30 to SO-foot rocket the Treasure Island activities set for shot with rifles, machine guns and The New Editor
the War Bond Drive is an aver~ge heavy artillery. There is only one
"flying gas main" because of the tremendous explosion The new editor in charge of The
of $22.50 per person (purchase remaining alternative for the Nazis Masthead, Clyde F . Babb, Sic, is
touched off when it lands. However, they seem to pref er price, not maturity). who want to live-SURRENDER!
not new on Treasure Island. He
it to the V-1 as it carries none of the psychological fear of Men are encouraged to purchase * * * started as a feature writer on this
as many war bonds as possible. We Asiatic Trends paper in July of this year and
sound.
feel that "ear - banging" and Although our naval forces have since that time has served as as-
Prime Minister Churchill reported last week that be- "sweating-it-out-of-him" tactics are been greeted with partial success sociate editor.
cause the rockets so far outstripped sound, "no reliable or not necessary to incite one to pur- in the South Pacific area, the sight Seaman Babb hails from Illinois
chase a share of his future secu:r- of an early victory has not been where he owns his own newspaper
sufficient public warning in the present circumstances can ity in the United States. False unveiled. The path to Tojo's home- and commercial printing plant. He
be given." Then he soothed: "There is no need to exag- propaganda, like a drug of high- land is narrow and the way is dark. has had fourteen years' experience
pressure salesmanship, is neither We have no need to whitewash the in both editing and printing, and
gerate the danger. The scale and the effects of the attack endorsed nor necessary to quicken
truth but need to understand it so has assisted the former Masthead
have not hitherto been significant." us into assuming the responsibili- that it may serve the purpose if we editor in enlarging the paper to its
ties which can be met only in terms make an effort to see things as present size.
of foresightful citizenship which they are. We can, and will, con-
* * * * includes the frank recognition of tinue to wage a relentless war
the fact that our dollars must go against the Japanese military
IT MAY COME OUR WAY TOO to war or go without value. caste, rulers, philosophy and the He's Always Prepared
After two years of ignoring the new German * * *' people who will fight for their Em- France (CNS)-Pfc. Walter Si-
Our Peace Aims peror to the last breath, for these luk, of Minneapolis, swings a lot of
weapon, U. S. citizens again turned to their buckets of forces are organize<;l against us and weight around when he's in battle.
An opinion does not necessarily
sand, stirrup pumps and lengths of hose. The War Depart- mean knowledge; that is why we are indivisible. He always wears five rings and a
ment ancl the Navy had issued a joint statement warning should neither protect nor defend We cannot afford to slacken our bri::celet, two pocket watches, a
but expose or endanger ideologies war efforts. We must be prepared wrist watch and two sets of dog
to fight to a bitter end, assured tags. And he still carries the key
Eastern seaboard residents they were again vulnerable to fostered by grandstand observers
that the victory will be ours. to his front door back home.
attack for the purpose of creating misun-
derstanding, suspicion, tension or
The joint Army-Navy statement said: Robot bombs complacent attitudes which are de-
"might be launched from submarines lying off shore or signed to retard the progress of
the war effort.
from one way sacrifice flights of long range bombers. It
Oftimes, evidence of these evil
is also possible that attacks might be launched from the forces may be seen in strikes, fail-
catapult plane tenders." The statement hinted "it is im- ures to measure up to bond quotas,
laxity in response to blood donor
possible to insure that such attacks will be completely programs, complacent news head-
frustrated." lines, unsolicited and unprivileged
disputes relative to America's mili-
* * * * tary policy and strategy and un-
called for disagreement with what
DO EACH TASK WELL is being d~ne by leaders of the
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: "A man is relieved Allied Nations.
Harmony within is still necessary
when he has put his heart into his work and done his best." to pave the way for harmony with-
This is in accordance with the law that it is not nearly out. To this end, we, the citizens of
this great nation should strive in
as important in the Navy what you do, as what it does to order that we may obtain our peace
you. Much that is done in the world could be dispensed aims- "to preserve for our own
people and for people throughout
with, but the effort it takes to accomplish anything is
the world the chance to learn or to
necessary for the education of man. Man is not made for continue learning how to govern
the world; the world was made for man. Doing one's best themselves and how to live with
one another."
requires that effort which gives one sitch keen satisfaction.
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Thus it is that man e11,coiirages himself in better and better European Trends
accomplishment which in the end wins him recognition, no The new Nazi-menace weapon,
matter how small the task. · the V-2 robot bomb, should not be
underrated because a pilotless
weapon of devastation which travels
at a reported 3,500 miles per hour
Vets Entitled to Accrued Job Promotions can affect th~ progFess of this war
tremendously and the Nazis will use
_ War veterans returning to their he would have been entitled if there it wherever possible in their goal-
old civilian jobs are entitled to had been no break in his service line stand.
promotions accruing automatically with the company." It is a normal reaction for a per-
du~ng their absence, the War La- The interpretation was given to son or nation to put up a cat-like
bor Board ruled this week. R. W. Finlay, director of the L_abor fight when cornered. Usually the
The board said the veteran must Negotiating Service, division of resistance is then the stiffest. Hit-
W l'e'-hfred at the "revel to Wldtih S'aflm,a,y Stores; San Francisco, ler bas taken ad\18,ll~ of this