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t The day of Victory is near,er; !
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it- Make "V-Day" a day nearer by~
t American casualties are higher; ! t Staying on y,our job- !
t Blood plasma is a vital need. ! t Increasing pr,oductive efforts-!
it- G,o to your nearest Red Cross ~ ,.. ~
* Backing the Allied attacks
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t Blood D,onor Center and t ,.. With more bonds and stamps. ~
t Send your blood to war! t t Come on, America; let's go! !
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VOL. 111 - No. 27 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. AUGUST 19, 1944

Dis~ursing Office Well Organize~ -in new location

Navy Dept. ·Praises Expenditures Run
Well Over A Million
T. I. for Bond Sales on
Dollars Per Month
Independence Day
By Clyde F. Babb, S1c
War Bond publicity appearing in
the news columns of "The Mast- One of the most popular places
head" to help promote the Naval on Treasure Island today is the
Training and Distribution Center's new U. S. Naval Training and Dis-
Independence Day War Bond Drive tribution Center Disbursing Office,
has received high praises from located top-side in the recently
Captain G. A. Eubank, the Navy opened Post Office building. It is
Department's Coordinator for War from this office that come the
Bonds. funds to make many a happy lib-
In a letter to Captain R. W. erty ashore for bluejackets from
Cary, Commander U. S. Naval ships bertll.ed here and for those
Training and Distribution Center in training.
via Rear Admiral C. H. Wright, The new location for this popular
Commandant, Twelfth Naval Dis- office is in the center of the Is-
trict, Captain Eubank said, "The land and convenient to all activi-
excellent results attained give evi- ties it serves. This new disbursing
dence of a well-conceived program office, recently located in the old
enthusiastically carried out. The Post Office building, is one of three
promotional material used at disbursing offices on Treasure Is-
Treasure Island substantiates this land. The other disbursing offices
evidence." He added, "Congratu- are for the Armed Guard and for
lations are extended to all hands the Receiving Ship.
on an outstanding job." Carries Large Number of Accounts
This office carries the accounts
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• of all officers and men for a large
number of commands. Military
Harbor Day Dance payrolls and bills are paid for
Saturday, August 26 various activities both ashore and
afloat. The total ,expenditures from
The ever popular radio program, this one office per month run well
"Victory Parade of S p o t 1 i g h t over a million dollars.
Bands," featuring the music of Jan In one section of the new office,
Garber's orchestra, will be pre-• transportation is arranged for of-
sented from the San Francisco Civic ficers and men leaving Treasure
Auditorium, Saturday, August 26. Island for new duty stations;
The doors will open at_ 1730 and travel claims are paid for those
after a forty-five minute warm-up coming to Tr9'1.sure Island for
show, the regular broadcast will duty.
take place. Immediately following The prompt and efficient manner
the broadcast the floor will be in which Disbursing is handled is
cieared for six hours of continuous largely due to the compact and
dancing with special stars of stage well-organized personnel. Five of-
and screen to provide additional en- ficers, two Chief Storekeepers, six
tertainment. civilian employees, 15 enlisted
The Harbor Day celebration, men (SKD's), and 37 charming
sponsored by the Coca-Cola Bot- WAVES (SKD's) should be com-
tling Company of San Francisco, is mended.
open only to uniformed men and Staff W.ell Trained
women of the Army, Navy, Ma- Th._e WA VE storekeepers attend
rines and Coast Guard. Admission school for three months after they
is free; get your tickets from your complete indoctrination at Hunter
division officers or Theatre office at College. The WA VE Storekeeper
Theatre No. 1. More than 7000 girls School is located at Milledgeville,
from the Bay area will serve as Ga., and the largest storekeeper
hostesses. school for men is located at Toledo,
With Jan Garber, his "hot jam- Ohio. The male officers are trained
session" band and lovely June Bar- at Harvard University and the
ton, featured song stylist, the Civic WA VE officers receive their train-
Auditorium will be packed with DISBURSING OFFICE PHOTOS ABOVE, showing the well- SKD3c ; Alice Passmore, SKD2c ; Ida Parker, SKD3c. Inserts, ing at Radcliffe College. Both
trained office crew. WAVES-(left to right), back row: Helen left side-Lt. (jg) C. J. Lindsley, Jr., D. A. Fullerton, PC, SC,
music lovers and dancers. Gordon, SKD2c; Esther Dahlin, SKD3c; Kathleen Amy, USNR; right side-S. A. Biehn, CPO, SC, USN (Ret) , Ensign schools are located at Cambridge,
SKD3c; Elaine Warnke, SKD3c; Nita Cripe, SKD3c; Maxine M. E. Kerr, WV(S)SC, USNR. Pay Line-(left to right):
Wilcox, SKD3c; Connie Bates, SKD3c; Anne Gould, SKD2c ; Emily Villars, SKD2c; D. A. Fullerton, PC, SC, USNR ; Mass. Disbursing officers are bonded
Louise Ladim, SKD2c; Emily Villars, SKD2c; Gwen Paschall, Gwendolyn Paschall, SK2c. Men's group- standing, back row: and are personally responsible for
Station Dance To SK2c; Alice Mallard, SKD2c ; Annette Orlando, SKD2c. Center Joe DeSmidt, SKDlc; Guy Atkins, SKDlc; Dale Sternitzke,
SKDlc; Bernard McDermott, SKDlc; Bill Schoen, SKDlc ; all public funds held in their pos-
row (left to right) : Esther Ellenbogen, SKD3c; Marian Davies,
SKD2c] Mary Scrable, SKD2c; Doris Spaude, SKD2c; Ray Ahlander, SKDlc; Darrell Pearson, SKDlc; Gene Redmon, session.
Margaret Green, SKD2c; Jean McMullen, SKD3c; Irene Sun- SKDlc; Ian Russell, SKDlc. Standing-center row: John
Be Held Tonight derman, SKD3c; Shirley Cox, SKD2c; Shirley Peterson, Dieckman, SKD2c; Jerry Foy, SKDlc; Paul Maloney, SKDlc; Lt. (jg) C. F . Lindsley, Jr., SC,
SKD2c; Doris Steinbeiser, SKD2c. Front row-(left to right):
Andrew Brady, CSKD; Claude Sampson, CSKD; Gene Rining-
Jeanne Naugle, SKD2c; Bernice Nadey, SKD3c; Rene Ander- er, SKD3c ; Albert Kane, SKD2c. Seated-(left to right) ; S. A. (Continued on page 4)
Plans are now complete for son, SKD3c; Evelyn Moore, SKD3c; C. F. Lindsley, Jr., Lt. Biehn, CPO, SC, USN (Ret); C. F. Lindsley, Jr., Lt. (jg) SC,
the second station dance to be (jg) SC, USNR; Marilyn Hall, SKD3c; Eunice Knutson, USNR; D. A. Fullerton, PC, SC, USNR.
held at the gymnasium for en- Jan Garber Show
listed personnel Saturday, Au- NavyTask force Destroys Navy Subs Send 687 Navy Comdr. Invents
gust 19 from 2000 to 2400. At Theatre No. l
All men are urged to secure Japan's Last Outpost Jap Ships to Davey Jones Great Robot "Brain"
tickets fr,om their Welfare or Jan Garber and his orchestra,
Commanding Officers for the According to reports, the Navy A Navy communique announced A great robot "brain" has been sponsor,ed by Coca Cola Bottling
task force which destroyed a con- today the sinking of sixteen more invented by Commander Howard
affair. WAVES will be admitted Co., and a group of Hollywood
voy in the Bonin Islands also bat- Jap vessels, including one combat- A. Aiken, USNR. At present this
without tickets and a good time ant ship, by U. S. submarines. This stars and starlettes will present
is in store for all. tered Japan's last outpost to the brings the total score of the daring robot "brain" is housed in a case- a performance for the pleasur,e
Hostesses from the Bay area south and west. Omura, the town ment of light metal 51 feet long of Treasure Island personnel in
will be ·on hand to see that all on Chichi Jima which our shells underseas raiders to 687. and has been presented to Harvard Theatre No. 1, August ,25th at
have fun, and refreshments, flattened, is part of the great naval University for use by the Navy for 1900 and 2045.
music by the T. I. Swing band base in Futami Ko, the deep the duration. The brain, made of No new-comer to the Island,
roomy harbor on the west side of Open Golf Tournament
and entertainment are all part wires, gears, mechanical feeders Garber will be remember,ed for
of the plan. this largest of the Bonins. How An open golf tournament under and other components, represents a "solid" performance on the
Don't forget! Treasure Island much of the installations there we the auspices of the Twelfth Naval the world's greatest mathematical br,oadcast of "Spotlight Bands"
gymnasium, Saturday, August wrecked the Navy's communique District will be held at Sonoma calculating machine. Completely held from Theatre No. 1 last
19 from 2000 to 2400; This does not reveal, but the fact that golf course at Boyes Springs, Sun- new in principle, it carries out month.
should be a night of nights! the town w a s "destroyed" is day morning, August 27, with play- solutions accurate to 23 significant For swing at its best, be on
A similar dance will be held significant-that the United States ing starting at 0800. The entry fee figures, consulting logarithmic and hand for a top-ranking show,
for the Colored personnel on Navy can range with apparent is $2.00. Contact Chief Sanford at other tables. It took two years of Theatre No. 1, August 25th at
September 13th. impunity through these Islands 600 the T. I. Gymnasium (Ex. 50). En- research and ingenuity to build this 1900and 2045.
miles from Tokio. tries close August 22. robot brain.