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VOL. 111 - No. 30 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. SEPTEMBER 9, 1944
nEW TE lf PHOnf . Cf nlf R on TREASURE ISlAnD OPEnf O

Telephone Center In
New Welfare Building

Open 24 Hours Daily
( Pictures on Page Two)
A new Telephone Center on
Treasure Island where servicemen
can place their calls in comfort
was opened Saturday, September 2
by the Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graph company. The new center is
the third to be put in service on
Treasure Island and is located in
the New Welfare Building. Captain
R. W. Cary, Commander U. S.
Naval Training and Distribution
Center and other notables were
present at the opening.
Attendants will be on duty
during the busy calling periods to
assist the men with their calls and
to provide information. The room
itself is attractive and home-like,
containing, in addition to the
switchboard and seventeen private
telephone booths, many facilities
for comfort, such as lounging
chairs, magazines, writing materi-
als and tables and a compre-
hensive library of telephone di-
rectories for many cities through-
out the country. ·
"We sincerely appreciate the
cooperation of the Navy in working
with us on the arrangements for
the new Telephone Center," said
TOP LEFT-ANTS Personnel, left to right--Ens. C. Harty. Center, Ruth Shawver, Lyle M. Brown, division manager
Y3c. Right, Ens. I . Flatebo. Top right--M. Quin, FCO2c, giving instruction in Range-
finder classroom. Inset--Commander J. H. Falge,. USN (Ret) , Commanding Officer of for the telephone company, who
ANTS Lower right--L. B. Shuffield, A. R. Turkmgton, L. P. McFarland, D. H . Bor-
ton v A Marler T. J. Gorzoch view diving operations in the Underwater Welding was present at the opening. "All
School: Lower lef~. S. Harold prepares to descend (in diving suit) as C. M. Wright telephone people know what it
holds the line. Commander Falge, Ens. Harty, Lt. Hunter, L. B. Shuffield, V. T. Roc-
caforte, N. B. Flannery look on. means to a serviceman to be able
t<;> call home, and they don't mind
2ND ANNIVERSARY OF ADVANCED working hard to get those calls
through. This Telephone Center
NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL AT T. I. will help us to do a better job
because of the personal attention
we can give each call. When delays
Many Thousands Colored Dance occur because of crowded lines, we
hope the appointments provided
Trained For Scheduled For here for comfort and relaxation
will make the waiting period as
Combat Duty Wednesday Night pleasant as possible for the men."
Coincidentally with the opening
Monday, September 11, marks According to plans, close to a of the new Telephone Center, a
the second anniversary of the thousand charming girls from tl].e special arrangement was intro-
Advanced Naval Training School USO Centers of San Francisco and duced for providing telephone
of Treasure Island. Under the the Bay· Area will be present as service to the hospitalized men in
direction of Commander J . H. dancing partners for the Colored certain wards of the Treasure Is-
Falge, USN (Ret), th~ ANTS has bluejackets at the second of a land Hospital. A line has been
trained thousands of enlisted men series of dances Wednesday night, extended from the Center to the
for fleet and combat duty in the September 13, at the Treasure Is- hospital where portable telephones
following schools: Gunner's Mates land gymnasium. can be plugged in at the bedsides
and Electric Hydraulic, G Y r o Music for the dance will be when needed. This bedside service
Compass, Fire Control, Welders, provided for by the Treasure Is- is administered by women tele-
Naval Pilot Sets Record With Hellcat Underwater Cutting and Welding, land Swing band, under the direc- phone attendants who have been
Rangefinder Operators and Cooks tion of Pianist Samuel Allen, provided distinctive blue uniforms
and Bakers. The students, from Mus2c. The dance will get under- to facilitate their identification by
Ace Naval Pilot razor-sharp accuracy of his blazing Class "A" Schools and from the way at 2000 and will continue until bed patients who wish to make
Navy Hellcat guns, arrived with sh,ips of the fleet, are a selected 2400. calls.
Says Teamwork other members of Air Group 16, group with a GCT mark above Passes for the personnel who
The other two Telephone Centers
Key to Success which compiled one of the most average and sufficient motivation plan to attend the affair may be previously established on Treasure
spectacular records of the Pacific to desire the course of instruction obtained from their commanding
. WASHINGTON-Lt. Alexander war. offered. Many of the graduates of officers or welfare officers of° their Island are located at Ship's Service
Vraciu, Jr., USNR, of East Chicago, Fighter planes of the much these schools are now serving in activities. No. 1, and in the Pre-embarkation
Ind., a straight-shooting Navy decorated group shot down 135 combat zones and in the very front This affair promises to be Center Ship's Service building.
Hellcat pilot who modestly claims enemy aircraft. lines in submarines, making a very another colorful hit and a large
"it was just a combination of
The Indianian's greatest single direct and valuable contribution to crowd of dance lovers are expected
teamwork and being in the air at day tally was chalked up during the war effort. to turn out and witness this big Growth of Greatest Navy
the right time," is the Navy's
the "Turkey Shoot" over th e Type of Training dance. Plans have been carefully
leading carrier fighter pilot. Marianas June 19, when he sent One of the unusual features of made and completed and a good To Continue - Forrestal
Lt. Vraeiu has returned .to the
down six Jap dive bombers. More the ANTS is the Underwater time is assured all who attend. WASHINGTON-When Nazidom
United States after one solid year
than 350 enemy planes were des- Cutting and Welding School where succumbs to the forceful blows of
of combat in the Pacific theatre
troyed that day and the next in students, in deep sea diving dress, the Allied Armies, the War Depart-
during which he shot down 19 Jap the greatest United States aerial CURTAIN TIME! ment will start a limited demobili-
planes. He destroyed an additional victory of the war. do flat, overhead and vertical zation of its great army; but Sec-
18 on the ground but under the welding underwater for three hours The curtain will go up on
No Lone Wolf at a stretch, or cut heavy plates the fourth Treasure Pleasure retary Forrestal emphasized that
Navy's scoring system these do not
The crac_k airman, who is un- underwater. The Welders' School, Time show, Monday, Septem- the world's greatest Navy "will
count in his individual combat
record. married, attributed all of his suc- equipped for advanced training in ber 18 at Theatre No. 1. First continue to expand."
cess to teamwork and the "breaks." electric and acetylene welding and show will be at 1800 and the At a press conference, the Navy's
Has Two Probables
"Lone wolf" tactics, he said, lead cutting, . and in silver brazing, second at 2000. Watch the chief stated that Germany's defeat
In addition, he is credited · with to nothing but disaster. qualifies its graduates as Welders, "will result in a redistribution
two probables and a 7,000-ton "Our motto," he added, "was 3c. next issue of "The Masthead" rather than a reduction of Navy
enemy transport. ,, 'never get separated.' We won In the Gunner's Mates and for more information about strength" and stressed that "de-
The tanned, smiling 25-year-old because we had superior team- Electric Hydraulic School, the this big, · all-Navy show. mobilization of the Navy must
Indianian, whose shyness belies the work.'' (Continued on Page Four) await defeat of Japan.''