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* ADDITIONAL SPORTS - * I Armed Guard Center ARMED GUARD HAS A BOND "BAR"
Opens New Bond
Boxing Hopefuls Urged eight classes of weight-112, 118, Bar On T. I.
126, .135, 14 7, 160, 175 and heavy-
To Enter 12th Naval weights. Individual awards will be Easily accessable to all hands is
given to the 'winners and runners-
·up in the finals of the Senior and the, Armed Guard Center's Bond
District T ~ornament Novice Divisions. All entries will Bar, conceived by the Armed
be weighed in and examined prior Guard Center's Executive Officer,
Expected to overflow the officials
with entries will be the colorful to their bouts. Lt. Commander Thomas Macklin,
USN (Ret), for the sale of War
men of maul, who will be all out The senior division includes men Bonds during the Pearl Harbor
for the final rewards that will be who have had experience and who Day Bond drive from December
the goal in the Twelfth Naval Dis- have participated in previous tour- 1 to 7.
trict Boxing Tournament to be held naments, either in the service or in It has been set up near the duty
December 11-22. civilian life. The novice is for men desk on the Quarter Deck and has
who have not those requisites. All
All bo~ing talent on Treasure Is- been finished in effective red,
land, exclusive of the Armed Guard, gear for the actual training and white, blue and gold colors. This.
are to report to Chief Max Marek bouts will be provided. A pair of newly acquired accession to Armed
in the Treasure Island gymnasium. swimming trunks or a pair of Guard is the only such bar oper-
Armed Guard belters will muster sneakers for your daily training is ated by an activity on the island.
all that you are asked to supply.
with Chief Dave Medigovich at To attract further attention, red,
their Welfare Office. Entries must Gym shows prior to the tourna- white and blue spotlights will be
be in by November 29, so if you ment will be held as usual, Novem-
centered upon the colorful bar dur-
have any desire to box in this tour- ber 22, and December 6, which will ing the week of the Pearl Harbor
ney, report immediately to Max give the entries a couple of tune
Day drive. All personnel of the
Marek, who will start you on the up bouts. Armed Guard Center will be en- Armed Guard Center's Executive Officer, Lt. Commander Thomas
right road to a proper training pro- Let's go Navy!! The Comman- couraged to buy bonds by a charm- Macklin, USN (Ret), and Ens. Patricia Merrick, USNR, War Bond Of-
gram. dant's trophy would sure look nice ing Wave back of each of the four ficer, line up with enlisted men on the quarter deck to buy bonds from
Katharine Eisele, Y2c, and Dorothy Wardman, SK3c, at the right and
Boxers will be divided into the in the Treasure Island showcase. windows. Pledges are being solic- left windows of the attractively decorated bar.
ited- and accepted for the bonds
Sleeve Markings Sole Surviving Sons now. You Can Buy a House and Lot
Authorized For Get Non-Combat Duty Navy Dive Bomber Pilot With a U. S.- Guaranteed Loan
Washington (CNS)-Both the
Women Seamen War and Navy Departments have • I Pl· Here's the procedure outlined by the Administrator of
approved a policy of releasing P O F Ire n ane Veterans' Affairs for obtaining a government-guaranteed
UfS Ut
Sleeve markings have been
authorized for women seamen. The from combat duty all men who are Wing By Expert Flying loan for purchase of a home.
the sole surviving sons of parents
markings consisting of short, nar- ,vho have lost two or more sons in First, go ahead as if no GI Bill of Rights existed, by ap-
row stripes will be worn by all First By split-second thinking and plying in the customary way to any bank, building and loan
and Second Class Seamen and all battle. skillful flying, a Navy dive bomber
The move was .made "in recogni- association or other loan agency or to an individual lender
First and Second Class Hospital pilot extinguished a blazing fire in
tion of the sacrifice and contribu- for the amount you will need. Agencies empowered to make
Apprentices of the Women's Re- the wing of his Curtiss-Wright
tion made by a family which has
serve, U. S. Naval Reserve. This lost two or more sons ;md has only Helldiver (SB2C), and brought the loans will have the official applica- ------------
authorization will affect more than plane back to his carrier. tion forms and wm know all the I Veterans' Administrator, empha-
on<:l surviving," the WD announced latest dope about the program. sized that loans will be based on
20,000 non-rated women who here- The pilot, Ens. John J. Kehoe,
tofore, have worn no distinguishing in a recent release. of Bethesda, Md., was diving on a It's up to you to convince the the "reasonable 'normal value" of
mark similar to the cuff stripes on Sympathetic consideration will target at Peleliu when an anti-air- prospective lender that the prop- a property, and pointed out that
be given to every application in erty is suitable for a loan, of a market prices in many sections o-f
the uniforms of non-rated men. craft shell struck his starboard
each of these cases if the circum- reasonable value, and that you the country today do not qualify
The new stripes, two inches in stances warrant it. In most cases wing can repay it out of income. (You under the formula required by law.
length, will be worn at a slant in the surviving son will be returned The shell exploded the ammuni- usually will find the lender anxious
the same position on the sleeve as to the U .S.A. for duty here or for tion box behind the wing machine to accommodate you, since that is
a petty officer's rating badge, that discharge from the Army or Navy. guns, and as the Helldiver roared the way he makes his money.)
is, half way between the shoulder However, each case will be de- downward, a blaze flared along the When you've sold your proposition Santa Claus Arrives In
and elbow. Seamen, First Class, cided upon it individual status, the wing toward the fuselage. to him, you're finished. The lende:r
and Hos]_j.tal Apprentices, FirS t WD has decided. In all cases of ex- Ens. Kehoe decided he had time carries the ball for the rest of the South Pacific, Marines
Class, will be designated by three t.reme hardship arising from family to complete his dive. He streaked
way.
stripes and Seamen, Second Class, circumstances the Army has in the down to normal bombing altitude, He will communicate with the Bewildered But Pleased
and Hospital Apprentices, Sec? nd past cooperated to provide relief released his bombs and then pulled
nearest Veterans' Administration Somewhere in the Pacific, (De-
Class, by two stripes. The Hospital from duty or discharge if the com- out as gradually as possible.
office and will be informed of the layed)- Marines of a field artil-
Corpsmen will wear a red cross plaint has been found to have The fire was now licking at the
above the stripes. . merit. cockpit, but Ens. Kehoe deter- amount that will be guaranteed by lery unit preparing for combat
The stripes will be white on blue the government. The amount that here are bewildered but pleased
mined to try to save the plane. He can be guaranteed has been fixed by the early arrival of Christmas
uniforms and blue on gray or white aminations for a petty officer's rat- headed out over the sea, climbing
uniforms . . • ing, will wear the specialty mark his plane to 2,500 feet, and told by law at a maximum of $2000, p&ckages. .
The Leathernecks are bewildered
although you can borrow as much
In addition, seamen who have of the rating for which they are his rear seat aircrewman, Abner as your credit is good for and an because they don't know whether
completed a full course at a Class qualified. This mark will be worn Harris, Aviation Radioman, Third appraisal of the property justifies. to open their gift packages now or
"A" Service School, or have suc- immediately above the seaman Class, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to jump. The government is authorized to wait until Christmas, as stamps
cessfully passed the required ex- stripes. He jumped without difficulty. guarantee up to 50% of loans of on the packages caution.
Ens. Kehoe then )Jegan aerial $4000 or less. The government, it- Marine Sergeant Joseph E. Hora,
maneuvers to check the blaze. He self, does not lend any money. of 416 East 71st Street, New York,
put the plane in a series of violent ( If a man and wife both served N. Y., assistant postal clerk, esti-
side-slips, causing the airstream to in the armed services and are elig- mates that nearly 1,000 Christmas
pull the flames away from the ible fo r the benefits of the GI Bill packages had arrived for the men
fuselage and back from the wing. of Rights, they may combine their in his outfit by mid-October.
{fl "Q%) '\t:W 11 )P' His technique proved successful. In rights and may be able to obtain "We've been getting holiday
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UNITJED STATES TRJEASURY a few moments the airstream a guaranty of up to $4000 on a packages in for several weeks
WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE whipped down and finally extin- single property.) 10w," explained Hora, husband of
13.no\ll £111 ftlcn :Bg t:ttm l:)rucnts: guished the blaze. On the government-guaranteed :vlrs. Rita Hora of the New York
/Yl,i;,,i;,,lo,,.,,l1'y.l6at, __________ _ Ens. Kehoe still had the pros- portion of the loan, a maximum in- I .1ddress.
,,i,J I~• °'""-St o/ aGJla1 f.i<md, llu,iJ11'«:Dmlnp an ,itttN/01 ,it /At) pect of an extremely precarious terest rate of 4% is, permitted
AJOtml•r jtsrf,t fo• .lmma11 616Uyand a «>nlu'lulot .i'n a UN>ild landing. The fire had burned out Brigadier General Frank T. Hines, I Send The Masthead Home
,Alu-wt. .lo ,,,aivt /~ /f,H ,and fi•-• fM««fJ,I fin ,al/ -
i'il Ammonus-oAYor_,.,_, __ 4t the hydraulic fluid, so lie could not
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awif $1u,$ondp,uu,,t«f.ly:
get down his landing flaps, and the
Jup shell had shot away the lock- Southern .Gateway To Germany
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ing pin .of his right wheel.
Making an extraordinary · long
approach, he managed to cut his
speed to a minimum. As he hit the 1 '.
flight deck, the right wheel . buck-
led, but remarkably the plane did
Navy War Bond Cartoon Service
ncl crash. Ens. Keohoe climbed out
ESPEC~ALL Y FOR NA VY CHILDREN uninjured.
A few minutes later, other Navy
planes spotted Harris on the water,
An "ideal Christmas present for Duck, Goofy, Bambi, Figaro, Baby and in less than an hour he too
Navy children has been announced Weems, _ Hughie, Dewey, Louie, was safe.
by the Navy Department-and will Thumper, Don Carioca, Feline and
be available at this station. of course, Pluto.
It is a War Bond-plus a hand- This certificate will bear the
some Treasury certificate bordered name of the child and the date of V-12 To Close Shop
with Walt Disney's animals and purchase. Washington (CNS)- Beginning
dwarfs in full color. The station War Bond officer will next March no new trainees will be
At the top of the certificate- have a supply of these certificates admitted to the Navy's V-12 pro-
which is 8 by 10 inches and suit- during the Pearl Harbor Day cam- gram, according to present plans. Some of the hardest fighting of this or any other war has slowed
able for framing-are the Seven paign, December 1 to 7, and prior At present 69,000 prospective of- the progress of Allied armies in Northern Italy and Yugoslavia, a front
to which the Germans attach the highest importance. Lying athwart
Dwarfs, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, to Christmas. They will be avail- ficers are in training in the college the invasion routes of the American Fifth and British Eighth Armies,
Doc, Sneezy, Grumpy and Dopey. able to uniformed and civilian per- program. Another · 1000 enlisted in Italy, and Red Army troops and Marshal Tito's Partisans in Yugo-
On the sides and bottom, in all sonnel for the asking upon the pur- men are scheduled to enter during slavia, is Austria, one of Adolf Hitler's earliest conquests (1938).
Vienna, its capital, with nearly 2,000,000 people, ranks sixth among
the colors of the rainbow, are chase of a War Bond made out in the term which started November
Europe's cities by virtue of jts position as the hub of rail, highway and
Mickey Mouse. Pinochio, Donald the name of a child. 1. water routes to every corner of Eur.ope. .._;.-,