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* * * Armed Guard Upsets
USS OAKLAND Undefeated Sea Lions

* * * In Civic Hoopfest, 29-26
Previously undefeated Alameda
Coast Guard ran smack into a de-
termined Armed Guard cage team
that didn't believe in press clip-
pings and after trying desperately
to convince the convoy men of their
superiority, fell before the smooth-
operating Navy men, 29-26, at San
Francisco's Civic Auditorium.
Sparked by the dynamic south-
HEROIC FEAT OF POWER-LADEN USS OAKLAND paw, Bobby Anet, the Armed Guard
was in complete command through- ·
BRINGS DISTINCTION TO U. S. NAVAL SERVICE out the second half although the
Sea Lions threatened repeatedly in
Bearing a name familiar t o all citizens of this locality .is
the closing minutes.
the crafty light cruiser USS Oakland, "baby" of the local t rio
Anet scored 13 points for the
which includes the daring heavy cruiser San Francisco and winners.
the fiery-spirited battleship Californ!ar · _.
A little ship with a big job and a proud name, the Oak-
a ttacked Kwajalein and Wotje in
land, like her sist er ships, translated her name into cour ..
December. In January of this· year
ageous action which menaced the enemy's sea operations in
she was at it again, protecting car-
the Pacific theatre of warfare; and riers during the Kwajalein inva-
her heroic feat in that capacity re- commissioned, and had her baptism
sion.
fleets the highest credit upon the o~ fire in the same month.
United States Naval Service. When the power-laden cruiser At present the fiery - veined
The saga of her Pacific missions was sent into the fight as a screen cruise·r is still in the fight perform-
may not equal that oi her sister for carriers taking part in the Gil- ing brilliantly, achieving her as-
ships but it is of no lesser impor·· bert Islands operations, she re- signed goal in the face of difficulty
tance in the sight of naval officials. pelled several enemy attacks and and enemy opposition. Indeed her
The Oakland was commissioned shot down three Jap torpedo task is a hazardous one but she is
here July 17, 1943, and within the planes. ready to lug the responsibility upon
space of seven months took part Plowing dauntlessly through be!- her sturdy shoulders, confident that
in two major Pacific operations. lig.erent waters, screening carrier she can hold · her own in battle and
She a rrived in the South Pacific groups, the Tartar-like Oakland emerge with a distinction charac-
fighting zone in November of last helped provide protection in the teristic of the great Navy of which
year, four months after she was Marshalls while carrier aircrafts she is an integral part. I
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I THE MASTHEAD I

TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
OKLAHOMA ! Per ry N ewmeyer , B kr.1 c, has a good reason to appreciate
both t he song and the state fo r th at was t he hom e ,of his f inancee, Miss
K ather ine Col e, blue-eyed, blond and beaut ifu l. Miss Cole, who now lives
in Berkeley, is employed in a shipyard goggle-repai r department, and
Per ry , Master-at-arms at Barracks K , spends his time congratulating
himself on t he excellence ,of his choice.
"we attain no power over nature
The Review till we learn natural laws, ,and our
THIS SIMIAN WORLD lord.ship depends on the adroitness
JANUARM FEIRQ!AIH{ MARCH By Clarence Day with which w.e learn and conform."
s ,;. T w TH F s s M T w •. TH J s s M T w TH F s It may never have distraught Resiliency, however, is merely an
- most of us as to the statement su- ability to win ; back of it there
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 1 2 3 must be some itch to make us use
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7. 8 9 10 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 preme that we simians ( or what- our adroitness. The Gr-eat Hunger
ever it i.s we're being labeled of
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 late) are the one civilized race na- then- curiosity. Whether some ani-
21 , 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ture has to contend with, but it mals have enough is a question.
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28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 did cause no end of anxiety with Some appetite which habitually,
Mr. Day. Suffice it to say that our day in, day out, makes its subjects
aut hor is in full accord with Mr. forget fatigue or danger, a nd sac-
rifice their ease to its gratification
Darwin, and that we are (broadly
- that is the kind of hold that
speaking) from ape-like or mon-
curiosity has on the simian.
keyish ancestry. Hardly fallen an-
gels. However, not despairing, but Whether it will kill us eventually
rather pretty indignant when we or transform us to minor gods-
well, somebody else can write that
are attacked by "spectator phil-
story.
osophers," satirist Day •actually
s T w TH F s s M T w TH F s s M T w TH s finds room for hope and optimism
"' ' for one and all.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 Before the reader says "Why ?" Hail Receiving Ship
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ( or .something even more explo-
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 sive) let's investigate. There are Commendations were recently
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 many other beasts that one might extended by the Commander, Sub-
ordinate Command, Service F orce,
29 30 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 once have thought had a chance. Pacific F leet, to Captain Elmer F .
Some, like horses and deer, were
H elmkamp, USN, and his com-
not bold enough; or we re stupid,
fv2_ like buffaloes. Some had over- mand, the R eceiving Ship on Treas-
ure Island, for the expeditious
~ or exploitable characters, like cows, survivors of Naval action in the
trustful characters, like the seals ;
manner in which ~ore than 1200
·~-· ~ .. and chickens, and sheep. Dogs ? P acific were processed.
They have more spirit. But they
have lost their chance of kingship The men were taken up, issued
clothing, paid, a nd sent ' on leave
JULY ,.. · , .AUGUST ., . . . SEPTEMBER through worshipping us. Ele- during the approximate period 1600
phants ? They wait too long before
s M T w TH f s 5 M T w TH 5 5 M T w TH F s they resent an imposition or insult 1 December to 0900 4 December,
' 1944, a record achievement.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1 =-then it's too late. "Just as ants
The Commandant of the Twe'lfth
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 2 3 4 5 6 7 _ 8 are too energetic and cats too Naval District added his note of
shrewd for their own highest good,
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 apprecation, and Commodore R. W .
so the elephants suffe r from too
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Cary, Commander of the Training
much patience. Their exhibitions of
29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 31 23 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 it may seem superb---,such power and "Distribution Center joined in
congratulating the Captain on a
and such restraint, combined, are
job well· done.
nobJ.e--but a quality carried to ex-
cess defeats itself."
So here we are- kings. In case
one still smiles wryly, let's venture
to ,explore why we have "It"- as a
. race. To get that way two -quali-
ties are ne·eded: some quenchless
desire, to urge one on and on ;
.s M T w TH F 5 5 M w TH 5 s M T w TH f 5 and •also adaptability of a thousand
1 2 3 4 5 6 2 3 1 kinds (and then some) to one's
environment.
7 8 9 10 11 1-2- 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
"We talk about our mastery qf
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
----- -- --- --- -------· - nature which sounds all very grand ;
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 2 1 22
--- --- -----·-··-- - - --- -- -- but the fact is we respectfully adapt
28 29 30 31 25 26 27 28 29 ~30 23 30 14 31 25 26 27 28 29 ourselves first, to her ways." And