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* NEW ROAD STRIPER IN ACTION * Blonde Bonnie Wiley I THE (}/Rl 8/ICN HOME ••• I
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Treasure Island News
Blonde · Bonnie Wiley, woman
newshawk for Associated Press,
who makes up in courage what she
lack in size, recently obtained
a topnotch Treasure Island yarn
when she descended in a diving suit
to watch underwater welders at
work at the Naval Training School.
The odds rode high for a few min-
utes that Miss Wiley would holler
"uncle" and choose an easier
method of obtaining the facts for
her story when the helmet was
placed over her head. That, it
seems, is the crucial moment when
even strong men quail.
But the unbelievers reckoned
without the courage of the 115-
pound miss.
With as much sangfroid as pos-
Inventive Tars Save Many sible when size four feet are in 16-
pound diver's shoes, she strode to
Dollars For the "Big Uncle" the edge of the tank, clambered
down the ladder and ·spent about
five minutes on the bottom watch-
ing naval trainees learn the trick of
R. L. Hunt, MoMM2c, and R. L. one cent per foot for a single eight cutting and welding m etal under
stone, Ptrlc, were men with crea- lnch stripe, and one and one-half water.
cents per foot of double line as
tive ideas who saw a future for a Miss Wiley, who .is feature editor
compared with six and nine cents for the Associated Pre_ss, believes
pile of old junk. Three weeks from for the same width stripes and the
in this direct method of getting her
the day they first assembled their same footage by machines now in
stories which are read throughout
junk collection they had an inven- use the nation. Prior to joining the AP
tion which is saving dollars daily If you were to figure the yearly staff about a year ago she was em-
for the Navy. savings to the "big uncle" on the ployed by the Portland Oregonian.
The center-of-the-road stripe has basis of these figures the lump sum She also has worked on the Ya-
become one of the greatest traffic would come to approximately $25,- kima, Wash. Republic, and the Se-
aids ever devised. The machines 000 a year and that is a sizeable attle Times.
which apply this stripe are known amount in any man's money. The Her superior, Harold Turnblad,
as "road-stripers" and those now in boys make this statement about veteran newsman in charge of the
production cost $1800 to build. They their · "baby." "It is believed to be San Francisco AP Bureau, claims STEPPING INTO THE LIMELIGHT this week is lovely auburn-haired
require a crew of four to six men the only self - propelled, three- she is "afraid of nothing." Kathleen Jones. She is the girl back home for Theodore Skinner, Y3c,
for operation and the additional wheeled, two-man. operated_ road- "You never know where Wiley is and claims Moberly, Missouri, as her home town. Theirs was a high
use of a truck and driver. striper in captivity." It is now be- going to· turn up next," he said. school romance and was briefly interrupted upon Skinner's entrance
into the Navy, but now flourishes through the medium of a daily stream
Hunt and Stone saw a way to ·ing operated from the Public Works "She has run a bulldozer for the of air-mail letters. Skinner is attached to the Chaplain's Office at Re-
build a "road-striper" which would Paint Shop here on the Island. Seabees, gone out on a fishing boat ceiving Ship.
save both money and labor. The The road to Tokyo may be long for two days and once hid in a fox-
machine in the picture above was and sometimes indiscernible, but hole while Army tanks rolled over
built from junk with the cost to the as long as we have men who pos- her." NAVAL TRAINING
N avy of only $180. Two men are sess intelligence and initiative, who Her ambition is to be accredited
required to operate it, and since it have the ability to attack produc- as a war correspondent so she can SCHOOLS
carries its own paint, stencils and tion problems with practical solu- cover the world's battlefronts. So On Saturday, November 4, gradu-
air compressor, no truck is neces- tions, we will find a way to defeat 11111 11'11-11 IE 1111 EW S
far women writers have been barred ation exercises were held in Theatre
sary. It will apply road stripes at the enemy.
from these assignments because of No. 1 for 250 students. Pri·nci·pal
th Receives Certificate of Honor
NO COLOR LINE mon glory," Chaplain Stroup de- e extreme danger. speaker for the occasion was The American Theatre Wing War
Miss Wiley admitted there is one Colonel Edward s. Bres, USA.
ON WAR FRONTS clared, adding, "no group of men phase of diving operations that she Service recently awarded a certifi-
There is no "color line" at the ever more richly deserved it than can well do without. She referred Colonel Bres welcomed th e gradu- cate of honor to Melvin Smith,
front, where White and Negro the Negro troops with our com- to the Jong wool underwear and ates as members of our fighting SF2c, in appreciation of loyal and
troops share the "democracy of mand." woolen socks that divers put on be- forces and urged the u nd ergradu- outstanding voluntary service in
danger," Russell C. Stroup, a U. S. He expressed the hope that in fore going down. ates to exert every effort to get the singing at its Stage Door 'Canteen
Army chaplain serving in the New the solution of the difficult "race "Believe me, ·chum, you have no most from their training to enable in San Francisco.
Guinea sector reports in the Octo- problem" of the South we may gain idea how hot it can get down there," them to assume responsibility in M e lvin , better known as
ber 16 issue of "The Presbyterian "inspiration .. . from the record of she commented. any situation. He stressed the spirit "Smitty," has a fine baritone voice
Outlook." the Negro in this war." The woman writer's stories are of comradeship_ that exisits among and sings for the boys at the Can-
"All share a common peril, com- Chaplain Stroup is pastor-on- released through the New York of- the various branches of our fight- teen and at USO
mon hardships and, I hope, a com- Ieave from a Virginia church. fic:e of the Associated Press.
ing forces by giving illustrations of Camp Shows several
the Army, Navy, Marines and Sea- 'times a month. He
also visits hospitals
* COLORFUL BLANKETS BEING MADE ON T. I. * struction, beachhead landings, and War Bond drives in
be!:s working side by side in con-
and entertains at
actual combat. A note of humor
the surrounding
was added to the address when
Colonel Bres r elated interesting area.
personal experiences in the South- Enlisting in Salt
west P acific. Lake City, Utah, Melvin has been
Congratulations are in order for in the Navy for three years in his
the foilowing men on their recent current tour of duty. In a previous
advancements: D. T. Westberg, enlistment, he was stationed at San
Slc; A. M. Stephens, Slci P . K. Diego Naval Station and on a re-
McPearson, M3c; E . G. Warner, pair ship operating out of Panama.
M3c; W. E . Flaherty, Jr., FC2c ; Before joining the ranks of the
E. L. Swanson, M2c; H. F . Hirzel, Navy, he was employed by the Con-
M2c; N. A. Bauer, M2c ; J. Maker, tinental Baking Co. at Ogden, Utah.
Jr., M2c; S. J . Muraco, GM2c, L. C. M'el has been enjoying a happy
Walsh, GM2c, and J . L. Record, married life for the past fifteen
BM2c. years. He and his charming wife,
who is working as a telephone 'op-
J . M. Carver, Electrician, USN,
reported aboard on Octob-er 30 as erator at Pre-Embarkation, are liv-
an instructor in the Gyro Compass ing in San Francisco but plan to
School. return to Utah after the war. He
is attached to the Frontier Base In-
A new addition to the Visual Aids
Ever see a Chimayo blanket being woven? In fact, did dustrial Division on the oil king
you ever see a Chimayo blanket? If not, drop around to Department is J . S. Alperstein, Slc,
the craft shop at Armed Guard Center and you can see a _graduate of NTS .(Sound Motion detail a t the present time.
the works. There you'll find Jacobo Trujillo, S1c, at a Picture Technician), Brooklyn, ·
loom he constructed so that he could teach other men N . Y.
at the Center h-ow to weave the c-ol-orful Indian and Send "The Masthead" Home
Mexican designs native to his home, Chimayo, New
Mexico. Trujillo, formerly with the State Department of
Vocational Education in New Mexico, is typical of the Lost and Found DRIVERS WANTED
excellent instructors on the staff-which is headed by
Harold C·urd, S1c. Other activities at the shop, situated Women wanted to drive
adjacent to the Armed Guard library, include wood The following lost and found buses, trucks and sedans.
carving, leather craft, model-building (both planes and articles have been reported to the Private car experience re-
ships) k-not-making and molding in clay a-nd plastics. Security Office, located in Building quired. Over $8.0.0 per day
Lt. (jg) W. F. Keller, welfare and recreation officer at 222.
the center, is expanding the craftwork program as .rap- while training. Call Treas-
idly as possible. "We hope to expand the size of the LOST-25 wallets, 1 handbag, 1 seaba 6 ' ure -Island Transportation
workshop soon in order to further the program of- gen- and hammock, 1 ditty bag, 1 watch, 1 Pool, EX 3931, Extension 39.
I D bracelet.
eral recreation, hobbies and team sports," he said.
FOUND-9 wallets, 2 pens, 1 War Bond.