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THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1944
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George Jessel Heads ***
Star-Sparkled Hollywood

Victory Committee Show
America's great emcee George
Jessel headed a star-sparkled song-
studded, laugh-loaded troupe of
brilliant and notable stage, screen
and radio personages from Holly-
wood's screenland at the Treasure
Island Theatre No. 1 on Wednes-
day afternoon, August 30.
Performing before the largest
gathering of Island theatregoers
ever assembled in the spacious
theatre auditorium, the cinematic
revue which included Annie Roonie,
Roddy McDowell, Grace McDonald,
Mary Anderson, William Eythe,
Roy Benson, Joan Blondell, Gracie
Fields, Reggie Gardner, William
Bendix and Carmen Miranda, was
the greatest fun-packed show ever
staged here during the history of
this naval establishment.
No special introduction or tag-
line need be given any single star,
for each has a name which tells the
story of all outstanding and note-
worthy achievements in the field of
art. As the sequence of their
appearances moved smoothly under
the guidance of · emcee George
Jessel, the man who knows all the
letters of show business, the blue-
jackets acclaimed them with hearty
and thunderous ovations. There
FILMDOM'S STAR-SPARKLED, glamour-studded revue gave the bluejackets one of I Donald and emcee George Jessel fondly embrace while the bluejackets sigh with
was no single performer who can the greatest shows ever presented on the stage of Theatre No. 1 last Wednesday, Au- ecstasy. Carmen Miranda, the Brazilian "bombshell", sings as she is accompanied by
gust 30. Among screenland's brilliant stars who performed were (upper left to right) her " relatives" and William " Riley" Bendix wows the audience with some wise-
rightfully be stencilled as a "show- Annie Rooney, Joan Blondell, Mary Anderson, and Gracie Fields. Lovely Grace Mc- cracks that would startle the censor-if written.
stealer" ; however, the audience
was at one time under the en-
chanting spell of Carmen Mirand'a, New Ship's Service Civilian Personnel Bay Meadows Outlines 0. T. S. • • • •
the exotic, irresistible Brazilian PICNIC PLANS FOR Welcome is extended to four new
singing and dancing star whose Restaurant For PUBLIC WORKS MORONS Plans For War Relief members of ship's company: P. E.
sizzling south - of - the - border It was on September , Third of Mathison, CMM; C. A. Fredriksen,
routines set off by her rhythmic Verba Buena Island Forty-Four, By I. Cooperman GM2c; J . F . Methven, S2c; and F.
dance with graceful · hands and A modern Ship's restaurant is to The Gang decided to go out of door, I Today, Saturday, September 9, C. Gross, StM2c.
nimbles knees had the audience be opened the week of September And hold a picnic in the wooded Bay Meadows resumes "all out for Lt. G. E . Veltmann of the Com:
whistling, yelling, shouting. and 10. This new up-to-date restaurant hill, War Relief" program. Treasure Is- munications Department and Lt.
screaming for encores. After her with all new facilities and a club To find new ways to get a thrill. land and other Navy, Army and R. C. Fletcher of the C. I. C.
last vocal-dance performance, the Marine bases appreciate all that Department left for duty afloat
atmosphere will be a happy addi-
lady with the swaying torso and tion for the personnel of Yerba The Worn out Wolves and Wolves this track has done for the Armed last week. Meanwhile the Gunnery
fruit-stand top piece tossed fruit Buena. worn out . Forces. Department was made smaller by
th
from the bandstand out into the Nothing has been spared to A nd ~he t Wolverines all ga ered Bay Meadows' contributions to the loss of G. S. Duncan, CFC; L.
auditorium for souvenirs to the make this new restaurant rate 4.0, A t ou ' War Relief have already reached in S. Owens, GMlc; L. F . Young,
lucky bluejackets who were able with all new equipment and s O who was who, a nd wby a nd excess of $2,000,000. The motto for GMlc; and J. G. Duarte, GM3c.
to out-scramble the others. pleasant surroundings an d a where the fall meeting is "Racing for the Fair sailing to all!
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seating capacity of 100. They could go, where th e wea er third million for War Relief and
was fair. Rehabilitation." awaiting the call to action.
Where the world at large would "Bill" Kyne, Joe Cohen and the William P. Kyne is contem-
California Jockey Club have plating the erection of a hospital
VERBA BUENA SPORTS• •.!To s;~;l~~/;1"Eden" with worldly already contributed towards pro- and employment office for re-
Twelfth Naval District viding beds for the invalids and turning veterans on the unused
sin.
Golf Tournament convalescents, medicine for the sick land of the Meadows' 400 acres.
There was Tony the Greek, and old
Receiving Ship shared honors in and ailing, fighting equipment for The California Jockey Club has
worn out Shep,
the Twelfth Naval District Golf our Armed' Forces and building formed a Rehabilitation Corpora-
Stine, Bob, George and John
Tournament played Sunday, Au- Henry, so full of pep. recreational centers for men re- tion and set aside $67,000 toward
gust 27 at Sonoma Golf Course. turning from overseas and those I this unselfish enterprise .
Receiving Ship finished runner- And Ray, Riley, and "papa J. D."
up for the championship with a low No wives along, at least they were
gross of 414. George P. Galios won free. ARMED-GUARD CENTER
honor of low net with a par The Medcrafts, Hubbells, Johnsons, • • • • • •
GEORGE JESSEL&CARMEN MIRANDA Other Laurels Montgomery, Slc; V. F. Mozena,
chasing 71. and Harfields too,
The music for the show was Receiving Ship's team is com- Aristocratic members of Public While the SS - --- as a unit Slc; E . W. Leach, Slc; L. C. Lokey,
provided by the Fleet City Swing posed of: Works Crew. hogged the spotlight, 40 other Slc; M. J. Pierro, Slc; D. E. Kos-
Band which was used to accompany Armed Guardsmen r eceived honors kinen, Slc; C. E . Bartosh, Slc; R.
the stars during their tour through George P . Galios, Sp(S)2c 76 Then there was Ruth, Margaret, during the month of August. These V. Davidson, Slc; W. R. Cruise,
the Bay Area military installations Edward C. Major, Sp(I)lc 78 Mary and Bobbie, included Ens. John A. Schaeffer Slc; J. J. Morits, Slc; J. A. Yar-
B. M. McElr9y, SClc 85
while here for the gala premiere W. Johnson, Y2c 85 Picnics to them were a hobby, and Ens. Robley D. Madland, who nacci, Slc; R. F . Sivasey, Slc; :r,r.
of "Wilson" at San Francisco's J. Gordon, BMlc And Hortense, Lorraine, Marion were recipients of Presidential Unit T. Connell, Slc; F. R. Warner, Slc;
Warfield Theatre. 90 and. Penny, Citations, while Chief C. E. Dale, J. J . Ward, Slc; V. D. Oge, Slc;
At the conclusion of the show And I don't think now I've missed CBM, was awarded the Silver Star J. Tokarisky, Jr., Slc; S. L. Shop-
which was sponsored by the Holly- QUOTE-WORTHY: "The dice of any. medal. inski, Slc; E. W. Snyder, Slc; D.
wood Victory Committee, George God are always loaded. Every Secretary of the Navy Com- B. McLennan, Slc; S. B. Gubanc,
Jessel paid a fitting tribute to the secret is told, every crime is Who made that trip to the Oakland mendations were handed out to B. Slc; J . E. Hays, Slc.; W. D. White,
gallant men and women in Navy punished, every virtue rewarded, Hills L. Roberts, GM2c; Frederick Ibbes- Slc; F . Mayti, GM3c; H. S. Ehr-
blue with these stirring words: every wrong redressed, in silence To commune with nature, catch ton, Slc; Leonard Meltz, Slc; and hart, Slc; D. H. Wilson, SM2c; J .
"We strolling players are happy and certainty." colds and chills, Donald E. Peters, Slc. D. Shickich, SM2c; E. T. Johnson,
to be of some little service to you And eat with the birds, and bugs . Thirty-three men were awarded Slc ; L. Torrey, GM3c; C. E. Mc-
who are of such great service to Getting the , baby to sleep is and bees, Bureau of Personnel Commenda- Namara, RM3c; G. C. Doren,
us." hardest when she's about eighteen. Play baseball and skin their knees. tions: R. E . Carter, GM3c; W. H. GM3c; H. C. Bacon, Slc.
And yell and shout and romp and
UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE DISPLAYED play
Till worn out-and then go home
and say,
"What a wonderful!!!"
At the Public Works Picnic.
This poem was written and
dedicated to the Design Section and
Public Works Offic,e Force by the
Chief Clerk Fred Plumbly.

Western Union Moves
The offices of Western Union
DOUBLE VICTORY-The Transport S<>---- made a clean sweep recently \\'.hen
have been moved into the new Post its heads-up Naval crew carted off two coveted awards-the Port Director's Chartered
Transport Trophy and the Port Director's Trophy. Points considered in making' the
Office building, an~ are located awards included target practice and overall efficiency of the personnel. Shown above,
ORDNANCE EXHIBIT-A most interesting exhibit of American and Japanese un- next to the Bank of America on officiating at the presentation ceremony held August 19 at the Armed Guard Center
exploded ordnance was displayed to the personnel of the Security Office Friday after- are (left to right) Captain R. R. J:erris and Captain W. F. LaFrenz of the Port
noon, August 25. The exhibit consisted of Japanese land mines, hand grenades, mortar the first deck. Hours are 0800 to Director' s Office; Mr. Bailey, representing the owners of the vessel; Captain Frank
A. Johnson, master of the vessel; Lt. M. F. Tidwell, senior gunnery officer; Captain
sheUs and both U. S. and -Japanese small arms ammuniti_on. Lt. F. P. Dewey, 12th 1800 daily except Sunday when Paul P. Blackburn, commander of the Northern California Sector, Western ·sea
Naval District Bomb Disposal Officer, gave the exhibit in connection with a talk on
the recognition and avoidance of unexpected enemy ordnance. the hours are 0900 to 1600. Frontier, who mad11 the presentations; and Lt. Commander C. M. Rush, Naval Troop
Commander of the ship. This is the first time a single ship has claimed both trophies.