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            latest  fashion  notes  am
      printed here for the benefit of Wave
      seamen  onl;y.  The  Bureau  has  au-
      thorized  the  wearing  of  -seaman
      stripes  by  non-rated  Waves.  You
      may  now  adorn  your  left  sleeves
      with one,  two or three white stripes
      worn  diagonally  in  the  same  posi-
      tion as authorized for rating badges.
      Specialty  markings  will  be  worn
      just a!Jove the stripes. The striping
      will be white on the navy blue uni-
      form  and  navy  blue  on  white  and
      grey  clothing.
       That  about  takes  care  of  uni-
      form  changes  except  that,  yes,  we
      will  have  garrison  caps  in  gray
      seersucker  and  in  _blue -serge  as
      soon  as they can  be  manufactured,
      which can't be too soon.
       HAVE  YOU  READ  THE  PA-
      PERS  LATELY?  ... If you  have
      been neglecting  your daily  reading
      of the newspaper,  you  are just on€
      of many who seem to find  too litt!E
      time for the daily news.  We are ali
      interested  in  the  progress  of  the
      war  and  as  each  day  brings . it
      closer, the implications of the peace
      that will follow.
       A  series  of  war-orientation  lec-
      tures  will  be  held  each  Tuesday
      night in the hospital class-room be-
      ginning at 1800 and ending at 1900.
      They  will  be  accompanied  by
      movies  and  will  be  presented  by
      speakers  who  are  authorities  or
      the  subjects  · covered.  Their  sol£
      purpose is  to bring you U:p  to  datE
      on  items of current interest.  To  b€
      well-informed  is  the  obligation  of
      every  service  person  and  it woulc
      be  hard  to find  a  more  interesting
      way to spend one hour a  week. Re-
      member the  time and place and bE
      on  hand  for  an  interesting  sixty
      minutes.  The movie for  next week
                                                                                                lower left is the  petite _and very  lovely  Annie  Rooney .of  Universal  Pic-
      is to be the "Battle of China."   JAM-PACKED with beautiful women and bulging with talent, the  USO   tures.  Island sailors will  do·ubtless  remember  her as the show-stopping
                                    Camp  Show  pr,oducti-on  of  "Girl  Crazy"  was  presente,d  to  two  full
       WAVES  GO  TO  A  PARTY  ...   houses  of  delighted  bluejackets  at  Treasure  Island  Theatre  No.  1  on   songstress  with  the  George  J,essel  show of  not  so  long  ago.  The  pert
      Hospital corpsmen wanting to pro-  Friday,  November 24.  A  musical  comedy, the setting for_ the most part   little "Mexican" dancer in  the center is  S·ue  Remos,  playing the part of
      long Thanksgiving held a  party the  was in  a  mythical town  in  Ariz-ona dubbed  Custerville.  In  the upper left   a  charmer from  South of the  border.  The  roguish  across-the-continent
      day after. November 24 the winning   ph-oto,  Ed  Housley  is  about to be slapped  by  pretty Joan  Barton,  NBC   taxi driver was Red  Marshall, and spectators will  be  interested to  know
                                    singing  star. Appearing  through  the courtesy  of  MGM  were the Zieg-
                                                                                                that the  fall  he  took  in  ,one  of  the early  scenes  was  not  in  the  script.
      Doc-ette  softball  and  volleybal 1   field  Girls  at upper  right,  who  all  but set the  house  ablaze with  their   The show was  recently  put together  in  Hollywood  and  is  probably the
      teams  were  honored  by  an  all-  sparkling  dance  interpretations.  Chatting  with  Dick  Baldwin  at  the   first musical comedy to  go overseas.   ·
      Wave affair that they are still talk-
      ing  about.  The  buffet  supper  in-
      cluded  cold  cuts, . ice  cream  and   Buy  Bonds  for  the  Future - Get  a  First  Mortgage  on Yosemite I
      cookies  spiced  with unlimited  con-
      versation. The  man of the ev-ening   The following talk was made at a  tastes  like  paint  remover.  The  I  that  my  dollar  today  has  about  to  do  something more  than we are
      was Ens.  Jeffrey,  hospital Welfare  Treasure  Island  bond  rally,  Indus- other  things  we  might  want  are  forty  cents  in  purchasing  power;  doing.  There  is  the  chance  to  pay
      officer,  who  award·ed  coveted  trial  Shops,  November  18,  by  gone  for  the  duration,  except  one  well,  call  it  fifty . cents.  Wh~n  we  for  the  medical  care,  the  doctors,
      charms to members of the winning  Charles  W.  Meighan,  civilian  em- or  two  which  I  will  not  mention.  have won the war-and there is not  the  penicillin,  the  plasma,  the
      ball teams. The hospital class-room  ployee  of  U.  S.  Navy,  shipfitter,  Anyway,  they are free.   a  person within sound of my voice,  planes without which my kid would
      was  really turned into a  fun  house  max.  grade.          On  an Army  transport  in Naga- I  know,  because I  work with all  of  be  buried  with  his  buddies on  Sai-
      as· the  girls  wound  up  the  evening   Fellow-Workers:-As one of you  saki,  I  saw  ~en,  women  and  chil- you-that  doesn't  want  that  more   pan,  or  at  least hobble  the  rest of
      with games and prizes. To Dorothy  who  has  fought  our· way  into  de- dren  pull  alongside  in  lighters  be- than  anything  else  in  the  world   his days on one leg . . . there is the
      Jacobs  goes  the  applause  for  as   fense  work often  through miles .of  fore  daylight  and  coal our  ship  by  and  as  quickly  as  possible.  When   chance  to  do  as  much  for  499,000
      chairman she turned in a  wonderful  red tape,  filled  out forms  in  dupli- handing  bushel  baskets  of  coal  up  that day comes,  that 50-cent dollar   other kids who  are already casual-
      job.                          cate,  triplicate  and  aggregate,  the ladder in a  steady stream until  will  buy  a  good  big  fat  dollar's   ties.  And there  at the  booth  is  the
       FEWER  WAVES  STARTING       stubbed our toes in union halls, hir- long  after  dark  and  they  got  paid  worth  again.  That  means  it  will   greatest sure thing bet in the world.
      DECEMBER  .  .  .  December  first   ing hall, fought our way into buses,  for  that  about  20  cents  a  day  in  get you twice as much of whatever   Wall  Street-big  money-cannot  ,
      will  see  enlisted  procurment  of   street  cars  and  on  tired  feet  in  our money.  It is against that slave  you  want  then  that  i~  will  now.   buy  these  bonds  that  we  are  of-
      Waves  being  cut  from  the  recent   order to be permitted to do the best  labor of totalitarian  countries  that  That's why I,  for  one,  believe  it is   fered ;  that is a  chance only for  us
      level  of  4,0Q0  per  month  to  500   we could with the tools we had, paid  this  war  is  being  fought,  among  selfish good sense to lend my fifty-  little  people.  I  think  it's  the  best
      monthly.  When  the  quotas  go  into   our taxes,  had our jobs frozen  and  other things. It is to keep that from  cent  dollar  to  Uncle  Sam · today-  bet we ever had offered to us. What
      effect,  it is  expected  that the total   our  jobs  hot,  built  a  masterpiece  America that we buy bonds. It is so  and get back  a  dollar  later that is   do  you  say we  go  up  to  that bond
      personnel  of  the  Waves,  9,000  of-  only  to  find  the  print  was  upside  that  there  will  be  enough  in  your  worth twice as much. If I  can hold   window and lay as big a  bet as we
     ·ficers  and  75,000  enlisted  women,   down, snatched what sleep we could  pocket after you buy the necessities  on to it, and so far I  have been able   can on a sure thing- a winner?
      will  be  sufficient  to  cover  current   and  jumped  out of  bed  every time  of  life  so  that  you  and  common  to do  just that, I'll get one hundred,
      and future  needs.            a  bell  rang,- well,  it's  silly to  talk  dubs like me can put some away for  of _those  good  jolly fat dollars thaf
       WE HEAR . .. That LiJlian Bor-
                                    about  the  patriotic  need  for  us  to  bonds.            will buy a  lot of something later on   MINE  FORCE
      ofsky  said  "yes"  to Lt.  (jg)  C.  W.   buy  bonds  because  if  any  of  this   My oldest son, knocked out of his  for only seventy-five  of the skinny   •  •  •
      Luis on November l4 and is home-  bunch  didn't  want  to  get  this war  tank  at Saipan  last  July,  had  had  dollars  that  only  buy  fifty  cents   Lt.  Commander  D a v i d  W.   ~
      ward  bound  for  the  Mendelssohn   won  more  than  anything  else,  we  his leg held together with stainless  worth  now.  I  am  buying  a  first   Blakeslee  passed  the  candy  and
      march  .  .  .  that  LaVerne  Offen  is   would have  quit  long ago.  Just th~  steel  needles  and  flat  on  his  back  mortgage  on  the  productivity  of   cigars  last week  due  to  his  recent
      back with us after being. a  "white-  fact  that you  men  and women are  ever since; he was flown back home  130,000,000  of  the  best  people  on   promotion.  No  sooner  did  he  have
      dress"  bride  in  Topeka,  Kan.  .  .  .   here  is  proof  enough  of  the  patri- a  few  days  ago,  and  under  most  earth. I  am buying a first mortgage   the -extra gold on his sleeve than he
      that  Jean  Howe,  Ione  Olsen  of   otic spirit of every last one of you.  favorable  conditions,  will  be  hos- on  Yosemite,  the  Grand  Canyon,   was off for a  new station overseas.
      Armed  Guard  have  changed  their   So what I  have to say about buy- pitalized for  at least another year,  the  bridges  we  can  see  from  our   Ye  Olde  Mine  Force  basketball
      return  addresses  to  read  "Mrs.   ing an extra bond  now is from  the  and will  be crippled.  He has  never  island,-on  America.  I  am  buying  team,  managed  by  Leon  Downey,
      Pace"  and  "Farmer,"  respectively.   purely  selfish  standpoint:  What is  complained,  either  by  letter  or  to  security  for  the  future.  I  am  has  gone  down  in  glorious  defeat   ,--.
      Seems like Armed Guard should set   there in it for mt?  For one  thing,  any of us. He is only nineteen years  making  a  bet  on  the  surest  thing  two  times-one  cause  being  t'1at
      up  a  marriage  Ucense  bureau,   what  else  is  there  left  to  buy?  old now. Three of his tank crew are  in  the  world.  I  am  backing  a  there  is  a  definite  shortage  of
      'twould be so much quicker.
                                    Most  of  us  have  stood  so  long  in  buried on Saipan. My 'other son is in  winner. And every dollar that I  put  players.  Compared  to  last  year's
                                    chow  lines  or  tool  room  lines  or  the  Navy.  God  knows  I  am  not  into bonds now when the dollar can- scores,  this  is  definitely  deflating.
                 HELP!              some  other  kind  of  lines  that  we  citing my boy as a  special example  not  buy  much  will  be  worth  a  lot  Anyone  in  the  Mine  Foree  is  eli-
                                    cannot stand in a  theatre line long  for  there  are  a  half  million  like  more later on  and  when  taken out  gible to play,  so see Downey in the
         Do  you  have  any  theatrical
       talents?  Sing?  Dance?  Play an   enough to get in  a  show and if we  him  already,  and  more  casualties  of  circulation  ,will  help  to  keep  Mine Force office for details.
       instrument?  Magician?  If you   did,  we  would  fall  asleep  and miss  every day.     costs  down,  more  than  anything   The Pearl Harbor D_ay bond drive
       do,  Russ  Kantor,  Cox,  in  the   all  the  fun,  if  any.  So  we  cannot   My  point  is  a  simple  one:  Most  else we can do.   has started. Our goal is a  $100 bond
       Armed  Guard  Center  Welfare   spend  much  on  shows.  The  girls,  of  us  like  to  make  a  bet now  and   I  know  everyone  of  us  here  purchase  for  each  person  in  the
       Office  wants  to  see  you.  He's   poor  dears,  all  wear  their  pants  then  on  a  racehorse.  We  are  not  wanted to grab a  gun and do some- Mine  Force.  War  bonds  represent
       putting  on  those  noon  hour   outside  nowadays  ·and  all  those  quite  human  if we are  not  looking  thing  at  the  news  in  1941  from  money  saved,  not  spent.  The  pur-
       shows in the Recreation Lounge.   frilly  whatyoumaycallems  are  not  for a  sure thing. Down at that bond  Pearl Harbor. I  k~ow that, because  chase  of  a  bond  as  a  Christmas
       If you  have the  talent,  you  can   to  be  had.  Cigarettes?  Just  a  booth  we  are  beirtg  offered  the  if  you  had  not  felt  that  way,  you  gift  is  a  worth-while  present,  not
       help.  See him  right away.·   memory.  Drinks?  Nothing left  but  surest  tb,ing  in  the  world;  a  safe  would  not  be  here  now:  There  at  only to the recipient of the gift, but
                                    Cuban  rum  or  something  that  bet · on  our  own  country.  I  figure  the  bond  booth  stands  the  chance  to your country.
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