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Operational Admiral R. ,E. Ingersoll Visits Treasure Island ...
ADDITIONAL SPORTS
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Training School
Commander H. E. Stone has ex-
pressed his pleasure at the way of-
ficers and men are signing pledges
for the forthcoming Pearl H,rbor
Day Navy War bond drive. The
Visual Aids department of Opera-
tional Training School has hit upon
a clever idea for a. sign which will
vividly portray what this activity
is doing toward achieving its goal
in this drive. The men responsible
for this sign are: C. J. Dalldorf,
Sp(X)2c; R. C. Lyon:_sp!XJ3c; J .
H. Ross, Sp(X)2c; A. S. Huggins
Slc; and H . L. Rosson, Sp(X)3c.
With each thousand-dollar sale of
war bonds a giant born b descendf
closer and closer to a Jap flag. If
the goal is hit, sa is the Jap flag!
Elmer Welcher, Coic, suggests th£
following be adoptP.d as a slogan for
Operational Training School dur-
ing the war bond drive: "O.T.S.-
Out to Sell."
ACTING AS HOST to Admiral R. E. Ingersoll, Mayor R. D. Lapham and
other visiting officials froni the city of San Francisco recently was our
Janeth Keen, Slc(Y), one of our
commanding officer, Commodore R. W. Cary. Admiral Ingersoll, for al-
newest Waves, is reported to have most three years Commander-in-Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet, has now
an excellent singing voice and we taken a new post as commander of the Western Sea Frontier .. After a
are looking forward to hearing from luncheon at North Galley attended also by naval officers ·of Treasure
Island, the visiting dignitaries were conducted on an informal to·ur of
her at our next staff party. We un-
inspection of the Island. In the photo above are, left to right, Commodore
derstand that she has done quite a Cary, Mayo~ Lapham, and Admiral Ingersoll.
December 6th Smoker bit of singing in the past and en-
tertained the girls quite frequently from the San Leandro Naval Hos- acting as the team's new manager
Expected to Attract at ":!;'loot" school, Hunter College, pital a home game and came and giving out gear like the boys
New York. At present she is study- through with an easy 36 to 27 vic- needed ration points for it. Nice job,
Capacity Crowd ing with•Rudolphine Radil in Oak- tory. The visitors were a very classy Wally. The game was very close all
land. Speaking of a staff party, outfit, with lots of height but even the way but with the final whistle
Plenty of buzz-saw action held
now that you are the new Welfare with this advantage Reed and Piper the OTS team found themselves
in reserve will be dished out in
Officer, how about one, Lt. (jg) were still able to take control over trailing by two points. Final score
second helpings, Wednesday, De- Fasick?
cember 6, with a pre-elimination the ball whenever it threatened our 37 to 35. Next Tuesday the team
tourney being held in accordance Lost one-Won one. That's last front door. Thursday night the team plays their first game in the Twelfth ·
with th,e 12th Naval District Box- week's record for Lt. Langworthy traveled bag, baggage and manager Naval District B League series,
ing Championship as the main dish. and his crew of basketball players. to Berkeley to play the Berkeley when they meet the 32nd Spec.
Ten or more bouts are on tap for Tuesday night they played the boys YMCA, with Wally, "the brow" still Seabees on the local court.
the evening's proceedings.
The systematic speeding up of
the announcing will leave no time ED. G. ROBINSON-THAD SWIFT'S 'DESERT BATTALION' ACCLAIMED HERE
for lulls between the bouts. The
use of the round ring wiU be an
added speedster to the boxing
jousts, allowing less time for
clinches and more time for fisticuff-
ing. It was observed by all con-
cerned, that the round ring helped
the leather-slingers, leaving the
boxers no time to lean against the
elastics and even less to maul in
the absent corners.
Opening the gymnasium show, as
always, will be a top-flight line of
chorus girls who will contribute
songs and plenty of 00mph. The
San Francisco niteries are cooper-
ating by permitting the use of their
specialty acts, and the impressar:io
of entertainment, Bob "Billy" Rose,
Sp(A)lc, is giving much of his
time in getting it here for th,e fun-
hungry bluejackets. Any blue-
jackets who aspire to the fame and
TREASURE ISLAND HOPEFULS fortune of the stage are urged to
vying for 12th Naval District Box-
ing Championship-Top to bottom: speak up and say your piece, as
George Neu beck, welterweight; there is never a limit to unre-
Martin Smith, middleweight; hearsed drama. If you can dive
Charlie Webb, lightweight; "Slug- from the overhead into a wet towel
ger" Anderson, middleweight;
"Crusher" Gregory, welterweight. or do handstands on your thumbs,
Upper right: Ted Lewis, heavy- then you are just the man they are
weight, and Don MacNeal, middle- looking for.
weight.
Remember the early birds get the
best seats, so come early. Also, it
Green Soldiers Trained still isn't too lab~ for entries in the
District Chv.rnpionships, so hurry
By Embattled Gls with your entry.
The date again, December 6, at
France (CNS)-New infantry I 1900.
replacements assigned to divisions ----·
fighting at the western approaches
to Germany are becqming battle- RADIO MATERIEL
wise veterans in short order under
a new system similar to the "coach SCHOOL
and pupil" arrangement of rifle in-
struction. New Arrivals
The new replacements, already During the past week the follow-
trained in basic infantry skill be- ing Waves reported aboard for
fore being shipped overseas, are duty: Isabel Martin Baxter, Mary
first given an additional week's Helen Danahy, Neoma RubyF'ranke,
training near the front suited to Dorothy Sampson McClure and
Trevah Jane Weissenfluh. All are
current combat conditions. Then
Slc(Y), and had just completed
each replacement is assigned to a
battle-tested infantryman who be- training at Naval Training School,
Cedar Falls, Iowa. In order, these
comes his mentor, teaching him all
Waves previously made their homes
the fighting tricks he knows and
giving him, telescoped, the "know- at Seattle, Wash., Fremont, Nebr.,
Nickerson, Nebr., Glendale, Calif.,
how" of experience. Often the and Pendleton, Ore. The young EDWARD G. ROBINSON'S "Desert Battalion" fea- who acted as emcee of the show, is sh.own with his
system develops two-man teams of tured a sparkling revue of talented stage, screen and wife, Bonnie Swiff, upper right, in a comedy routine
ladies will be assigned various
doughboys who become permanent duties in the Instruction Dept., Per- radio artists at the Treasure Island Theatre No. 1 which brought rounds of applause. Seaman Harry
Salinas, upper left, seems to enjoy the fond embrace
last Tuesday, November 21 before a capacity audi-
comrades.
sonnel Office and Duplicating Bu- ence of officers arid enlisted personnel attached · to with commedienne Swift. Toni Eden, lower left,
KEEP SOME$$ STOWED AWAY reau. RMS extends a warm wel- the various activities of the training . and Distribu- renders a vocal-appealing song hit for the bluejackets
.B'o r An Extra Bond For come and hopes that the new billets tion Center. Although the great film star, Edward G. with Meta Crawford, seen at piano, as her accom-
PEARL HARBOR DAY! Robinson,, was unable to make his scheduled appear- panist. Inset shows Happ.y Hall, a youthful tapster,
will be to their liking. ance, tfie show went over with success. Thad Swift, in a sensational dance routine.