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U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center

VOL. Ill - No. 41 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. NOVEMBER 25, 1944

"The Messiah" to Be 4 War Bond Message from New Forms Completed
Presented in Oakland; . To Assist Navy Personnel

Free Ti(kets Available Comm'odore R. W: Cary . · .. In Job Reemployment
On December 10, the Unruh Phil- In order to make less difficult
harmonic Chorus will give its 13th " Backing th.e Sixth War Loan during our Pearl Harbor Day Drive that pleasure or the filling of that the return of naval persc;mnel to
annual. production of Handel's . . that is one of the essentials of may go without some temporary need until after the war. At that their former jobs on release from
Oratorio "The Messiah" at the our ultimate victory," asserts Com- enjoyment today. He may even time he will be happy that he put active duty, as provided for by
Oakland Auditoriu~ Theatre at modore R. W. Car y, USN, Com- sacrifice what seems like some the money away instead of spend- existing laws, former employers
1500 and again at 2000. mander U. S. Naval Training and necessity. He is merely putting off irig it. are to be notified by the command-
The chorus, made up of 160 Distribution Center, as hcl fired the The Extra War Bond you buy ing officers whenever service men
volunteer members and four solo- opening gun in his War Bond m es- for cash between December 1 and or women are either discharged
ist:;, present each· year a superb sage to the naval persbnnel on 7 will help to put this station over from the Navy or returned to in-
performance of this inspiring ora- Treasure and.Yerba Buett4 Islanlls. the top in the Sixth War Loan active duty.
torio. His message is as follows_: Drive. It will help to send everyone According to a Bureau of Naval
Now is the time for America to
Roy Zobel, tenor soloist featured back home just that much sooner. Personnel Circular letter, copies of
in the afternoon performance, is a strike with every available force. It will grow in value every year the forms are now being sent to
yoeman at Treasure Island. He Inva.sion armies, naval task forces, and give you a nest-egg for the all commanding officers of all naval
comes from Chicago where he was air armadas are applying the future. This is an opportunity as activiti-es within the continental
a member of the Chicago City squeeze on our enemies on many much as it is a duty. I call upon limits of the United States where
Opera Co. Roy was studying in far-flung fronts. separation from the Navy will
Europe, having just made his We are not all at the moment every Navy man and woman on occur.
Treasure and Yerba Buena Islands
operatic debut in Milan, Italy, within shooting range of Nazi or . The directive provides t h a -t
when the war brought him back Jap. Given a speedy victory, we to make the most of it. for,mer employers will be given only
to the United States to enter serv- may never be. But we can put on the following information: name,
ice with the Navy. the pressure that counts-not only date of birth, date of separation or
Handel's Oratorio, · "The Mes- in our performance of duty but by
siah," is the oldest and most famous backing the Sixth War Loan to the return to inactive duty, name of
choral composition of all times. extent of our ability. That is one of naval activity and check-mark indi-
the essentials of our ultimate Commodore, USN, cation as to whether individual is
More than 400 seats have been
purchased and set aside for serv- victory. Commander, U. S. Naval Training being seperated from the nave.I
icemen. The bluejacket who buys a bond Commodore R. W. Cary and Distribution Center. service or returned to inactive duty.