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WA VE SPORTS . . . with Fry taking the best two out of 0000 oe e eeeeoooooe Health Bulletin Admiral Nimitz lauds
PERSONlll/1/ES
three games over Lt. Williamson
with a score of 11-8 and 11-0, while
Big sports news of the week INFANTILE PARALYSIS
brings the returns from the district Green defeated Gunland two out of In tile NEWS Past experience has shown that, Navy Nurse Corps
three, 11-8 and 11-7. Second
badminton tournament played here
TADCEN entrant, Ens. M. E. Work, during the fall months of each year, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
during the past week. At the time Behind Bars Poliomyelitis (Infantile Paralysis)
we go to press only scores for defeated Duncan from Hunter's Yes, that is Barbara Coon, Y2c, appears in this area to a greater or last week saluted officers of
\--- Monday night are available, but Point with scores of 11-3 and 11-1. and that is where you will find her, less degree. At the present time the Navy Nurse Corps for
other returns will be posted next The second round found Fry behind bars at the Treasure Island there is a mild outbreak of this duty "well done," as the Navy
week. matched against Brown of Liver- brig. She has been locked up for disease in Oregon and we can opened its drive for 2,000 ad-
Monday night's play found two more with Fry winning 11-3 and over a year now as one of the six reasonably expect some cases to ap-
singles entrants from both Armed 11-0. Ens. Work took Hanson of ditional nurses by December
NSD in stride for the second play- Waves who keep our brig in run- pear in this vicinity. Because of the
Guard and TADCEN. Six contest- ning order. fact that this disease and its mode 31.
ants met for the playing off of the off of the second round with scores Among those praised by the
of 11-1 and 11-4. One of the few Treasure Island of transmission are not thoroughly
first round of singles competition. Waves from New Mexico, her home understood by medical authorities, commander - in - chief of the
Fry and Gunland of Armed Guard Ens. Work and Brown from Liv- is in Albuquerque, which she says definite preventive measures can- Pacific Fleet a n d Pacific
met Lt. Williamson of TADCEN and ermore seem fairly sure to land in is as grand a place as it is hard to· not be taken. However, it is be-
Green of Naval Hospital, Oakland the finals if they k~ep exhibiting Ocean areas was Navy Nurse
top-quality tournament play. spell. lieved that if the usual standard rules Lt. (jg) Aileen Peugh of San Fran-
cisco, who served overseas for two
~ years and served voluntarily at rear
and advanced bases and aboard
hospital ships through the Pacific.
Describing as "active, useful and
On May 14, 1940, the German adventurous" the experiences . of a
Luftwaffe systematically destroyed Navy nurse, Lt. Peugh said:
the Dutch city of Rotterdam. On "We take especial pride and
that same day, Robert Ley, 1,eader satisfaction that in many cases the
of the Nazi Labor Front, broadcast time, same place, same paper. nurse is the whole existence around
be rated first-class when she takes
to the world that it was Hitler's 2. Keep your fingernails clean which the wounded patient's life
up a post-war plan of her own.
"irrevocable mission" to bring hap- and clipped short. revolves. We are his father, mother
piness to the world as he had "Lay that juke box down, Grand- The general security office was 3. Wash your hands thoroughly and sister at the same time. A sort
brought happiness to Germany. ma, you're too old to carry a tune." Barbara's first assignment after be- after going to the head. of 'Mrs. Anthony,' I guess."
ing educated in the duties of a yeo- Approximately 1,200 nurses now
man at the Cedar Falls Training 4. Flush the toilet thoroughly are stationed at hospitals, dispen-
School. From eight to five she com- after ·using it.
Rockford Welcomes the Conquering -Hero • • • saries and aboard hospital ships in
poses absentee reports, investigates 5. Do not spit on the decks. the Hawaiian Islands and in the
cases and records, demonstrates 6. Get all the rest and sleep you south, southwest and central Pa-
"Dick Tracy" thoroughness in lo- can. cific, Twelfth Naval District head-
cating missing facts. Off duty hours 7. Keep your bunk clean and quarters announced.
finds her indulging in some favorite your gear stowed away.
sports, and as a bowling enthusiast
8. Report immediately to Sick- COAST GUARD NETTERS
she exhibits no mean ability. Call if you develope a "Cold," sore
Having marched to the brig with throat, headaches, or any general WIN 12th N. D. TROPHY
hesitation, we left without fear. aching sensation. The Coast Guard Barracks vol-
Thanks for the interview, "brig- ley-ball team of San Francisco
lady," from now on we will look for Tuesday captured the Command-
that smile around the base. ant's Trophy of the Twelfth Naval
Farragut Naval District by defeating St. Mary's
Pre-Flight, 20-22, 21-17, 22-20, in
RMS Beats Armed Training Center to the Treasure Island gymnasium.
Each team won a six-team league
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1111111111111 Guard Five 54-34 Close in Spring
\ '' title to qualify for the final.
~ A power-laden ;adio Materiel According to the Farragut News,
'\lll!UliJ~ School walloped a stubborn Armed Camp Ward will be the first of Send " THE MASTHEAD" Home
1 'Guard basketball team, 54-34, in Farragut's recruit camps to close,
a preliminary game before a large under a program which will lead
crowd of fans in the yet-to-be- to the decommissioning of the
christened Treasure Island Gym- Naval Training Center next spring.
nasium No. 2, last Friday night, The input of both recruits and
November 24. service school students will be dis-
continued during the month of De-
A lad from Brooklyn turned up cember, it was further disclosed.
in chow line at a Texas training More than 300,000 men have been
station holding the rattlers from a trained at Farragut since it was
rattlesnake. commissioned September 15, 1942,
"Where'd you get 'em?" asked a after the center, second largest in
uHe has just returned from two years on the islands, fellow chow-hound. the United States was carved out
'Treasure and Goat,' whereYer they are!" "Offa big woim,'' was the New of the wilderness during the early
Yorker's reply. war period.
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