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PAGE  2     THE  MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  DECEMBER  23,  1944

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                                                                  Joe  E.  Brown  Made          Scr,een  Jester  Assigned  .to  Duty at  OTS  ...
                     T$ASTHEAD                        *       * I Honorary  Member  of·

      Official  Treasure
      * *  Island  publication  distributed  every  Saturday  without  cost  to  the   OTS  Ship's  Company
      officers,  enlisted  personnel,  and  employees  of Treasure  Island.  All  communications  and   Joe  E.  Brown,  famed funny  man
       contributions  should  be  directed  to  The  Editor,  Welfare  and  Recreation  Department,
                                                                  of the screen,  received orders mak-
      Treasure Island,  San J<'rancisco,  California.  Phone:  EXbrook  3931,  Extension  69.
                                                                  ing him the highest ranking honor-
                        C<:fMMODORE  R.  W .  CARY,  USN          ary  member  of  Ship's  Company,
                Commander  U.  S.  Naval  Training  and  Distribution  Center
                                                                  Operational  Training  School,  after
                     LT.  COMMANDER R.  S.  KIMBELL,  USNR        an  impromptu  but  hilarious  per-
                        Director  of  Welfare  and  Recreation    formance in the OTS quadrangle -at
                          CLYDE  F.  BABB,  Slc,  USNR            noon  on Thursday,  December 14.
                                  Editor                            Since  Mr.  Brown,  who  is  an  old
                                                                  friend, was going to visit him, Com-
                  ROBERT  E .  JOHNSON,  Y3c,  USNR,  Associate  Editor
                                                                  mander  H.  E.  Stone,  Commanding
       Rex  N.  Olsen,  YSc,  Managing Editor   •   Robert H.  P erez,  Cox,  Sports
                                                                  Officer  of  OTS,  decided  to  share
                       Carolyn  N.  Brown.  Y2c,  \•V,,n· t•s  Editor
                                                                  him with  the school  and alerted its
                                   Reportt•rs                     officers  and  men  to  gather  in  the
                 Sidn ey  ,~.  Smit.h.  Y2c   Frederick  Drimm e r.  ~l'\ 3 l'
                                                                  quadrangle  for  a  "pleasant  treat,"
                (The  Masthead  uses  Camp  Newspaper  Service  Material)
                                                                  the  nature  of  which  was  revealed
                                                                  only  when  the  Commander  intro-
         TREASURE  ISLAND, S.  F.,  CALIF., SATUR_DAY,  DEC.  23,  1944
                                                                   duced the entertainer to the assem-
                                                                   blage.
       EDITORIAL                                                    With  his  jokes,  double-talk,  and
                                                                   ad-libbing,  the  mouth  - splitting
                                                                   humorist  put  on  a  side-splitting
       Jud q.oMlf~Jw.e  'klo'Uk                                    show  that  kept  his  audience  in
                                                                   stitches  for  half  an hour.
                                                                    After   the  performance,   Mr.
           The American  Christmas  in  1791  was  not  unusual,  for  few   Brown,  like  a  good sailor,  stood at
                                                                   attention  while  Commander  Stone
       were conscious chat on the 15th of ,December, just 10 days  before,
                                                                   read  him  his  orders.  They  are
       they had received one of the greatest of gifts. le was only 45 words  follows:
                                                                     From:  Commanding  Officer.
       of  the  English  language,  yet  powerful  enough  to  support  the
                                                                      To:  JOE  E.  BROWN,  FIRST
       ,ights  of  man  for  all  time  in  America.  These  words  should  be   CLASS  SAILOR.
       memorized  by  every  American:  "Congress  shall  make  no  law   Subj:  Orders.
                                                                    1.  Upon  receipt  of  these  orders
       respecting  an  establishment  of  religion,  or  prohibiting  the  free
                                                                    and  when  directed  by  your  con-  JOE  E.  BROWN,  Hollywood  comedian,  receives  orders  making  him
       exercise  thereof,  or  abridging  the  freedom  of  speech,  or  of  the  science,  you  will  regard  yourself   highest ranking honorary member of Ship's Company, Operational Train-
                                                                    detached  from  any  previous mili-  ing  School,  from  his  old  friend  Commander  H.  E.  Stone,  the  School's
       press;  or  the  right  of  the  people  peaceably  to  assemble  and  ro                 skipper. Joe was grateful.
                                                                    tary  obligations,  preferences  or
       petition the government for  a redress of grievances."       promises  and  will  assume  per-
           So  reads  the  first  amendment  to  the  Constitution  of  the   manent duty as the  highest rank-  ARMED  GUARD
                                                                    ing  honorary  member  of  Ship's                                                  G
       United  States  of  America,  better  known  as  the  Four  Freedoms.
                                                                    Company,  Operational  Training   CENTER
            Never hav(;!  so  few words meant so  much  co  so  many.  These  School.
                                                                                                   ~eing  currently  engulfed  in  the               t.
                                                                    2.  In  the  new  duty  covered  by
       45  words have been strengthened by  the suns.of  over a hundred
                                                                    these  -orders  it  wili  be  your  re-  Christmas  spirit,  we  thought  we'd
       and  fifty  summers  and  have  withstood  the  rigors  of  as  many   sponsibility  to  visit  this  school   get  away  from  the  usual  .column   s
       winters.                                                     at  every  opportunity  and  lighten   and asked Lt.  Commander Thomas
                                                                    our  labors  with  good  cheer,  con-  Macklin, USN  (Ret), 'our Executive
            The political craftsmen who so carefully and so thoughtfully                         Officer, for a  Christmas story of the  Take  note,  America
                                                                    tinuing  wherever ·  you  go  to
       built these ramparts of freedom were thinking of their children's   render  your  outstanding  contri  -  old Navy.       lt'.s  no  gee-whiz  story,  Japanese
                                                                                                   "Have  you  heard  the  one  about  workers  at  Tokyo  war  plants  have ·
                                                                    butions  to  the  winning  of  this
       children, just like we in this war are thinking, and they legislated                      white-washing  the  books?"  he  pledged  to  work  from  7:30  a.  m. to
                                                                    war.
       to  the extreme distance of their horizons.                         (signed)  H.  E.  STONE.   asked.                   11  p.  m.  seven  days  a  week,  in  an
            Today  in  the  midst  of  winning  a  great  world  conflict  the   "I have  received  a  lot  of  certifi-  "It  was  customary  in  the  old   effort  to  increase  pr-oduction 80 per
                                                                   cates  and  honorary  offices  in  my  Navy to-keep the men  on board for   cent.
       statesmen  of  all  freedom-loving  nations  are  crying  to  devise
                                                                   time,"  declared  Brown  to  his  audi- three  months,  and  the  men  were
       ways to win the peace. What has worked for a great nation might  ence,  "but  this  one  really  means  known  to  be  in first,  second,  third  GottaV-Mail  It  Now
                                                                   something  to  me.  You  boys  are  and  fourth  conduct  classes.  In  the   Post  office  authorities  at  U.  S.
       very well work for  the whole world.  Let  these statesmen ponder
                                                                   doing a  grand  job.  Keep  it up. You  fourth,you  rated   Naval  headquarters  in  England
       these 45  words, for in them will be found the principles of world  can  count  on  me  to  come  back  one  liber·ty   recommend  an  increased  use  of V-
       freedom and world peace.                                    again  as  soon  as  I  can."   every   four                mail  because  air-mail  service  to
                                                                     Mr.  Brown  congratulated  the  months,  one  in          and  from  Yanks  in  the  European
                                                                   personnel of OTS on the fine show- three  in  the           theatre  of  operations  has  recently
       Many  Bright  Spots           Free  Concert  Tickets        ing  they _made  in  the  War  Bond  third  class,  one     become less frequent.
                                                                   Drive,  in  which,  with  APA,  tem- in  two  in ·  the       In  the  meantime,  it  is  urged  that
       In  Navy's  Recent            For  Naval  Personnel         porary duty,  and  civilian  personnel  second class and  @   relatives   and
                                                                   pitching  in,  the  school  leaped  its  you  rated  regular  liberty  in  the I friends  continue
       War  Bond  Drive                The  Musical  Association  of  San  $8,000 quota with a  total of $21,600  first  class.   writing  to  men
                                     Francisco,  maintaining  the  San  in  cash  value  of  bonds  sold.   "By  custom,  on  Christmas morn-  overseas .  Al-
         The final tabulation of bond sales  Francisco  Symphony  Orchestra,   After his performance, the Holly- ing,  the  oldest  enlisted  men  of  the   though  GI  Joe
       during the  Pearl Harbor Day  Cash  will  provide  free  tickets  for  all  wood  star  joined  the  officers  and  ship- usually the Chief Boatswain's   often  meets
       War  Bond  Campaign  showed  total  servicemen  and  women  who  desir-e   crew  of  OTS  in  dinner  at  the  Mate,  the  Chief  Watertender  and   "deer"   friends
       sales  of  $374,019.50.  While  the   to  attend  the  Friday  afternoon   F-ederal  Galley.   the  Chief  Quartermaster -  would   on  the  battle-
       worthy aim of $750,000 was not ap-                            Having  relegated picture-making  approach  the  mast  and  ask  to  see   fronts,  he  .prefers  to  renew  his
                                     symphony  concerts  during  the cur-
       proached,  the  drive  had  many  en-                       to the background for the duration,  the Executjv.e  Officer and from him   friendship  through  correspondence
                                     rent season from Dec-ember 1,  1944
       couraging features.                                         Mr.  Brown has  traveled  more  than  gain  permission  to  see  the  Com-  with dear friends on the home front.
                                     to  April  14,  1945.  There  will  also
         The sale of Series E  bonds, which  b   r  ·t  d   b   f   t   -  150,000  miles  to  entertain  servic-e- manding -Officer.  The  Commanding
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       form  the  backbone  of  the  Navy   e  a  imi  e  num  er  O   sea. s  avai - men  not  only  in  the  United  States  Officer  would  then  approach  the  Nazi  Femmes  Engage  Yanks
               .        .    .     d  able for  the Thursday evemng con-  ~ut  in  the  furthest  reaches  of  the  mast.  After an exchange of Christ-  It was a  difficult engagement for
        on
       b  d  se  11mg  campaign,  mcrease
       from  $277,000  in  the  July  drive  to  c-erts.           earth.  He  first  met  Commander  mas  greetings  the  yeteran  sailor  GI  Joes  to  go  through  with  when
       $323,000.                       The program for this season- the  Stone  years  ago,  when  the  latter  would  produce  a  brush  and  a  tub  they  found  themselves  engaged  to
                                     thirty-third  in  the  series- includes  was  dean  of  men  at  UCLA,  their  of  whitewash  and  suggest  that  it  German  women  -  in  battle.
         Bright  spots  were  the  purchase
                                     some  of  the  greatest  names  in  the  common  interest  in  football  dra:w- would be appropriate to  whitewash   Since the inevitable result of such
       of nea·rly four times as many· bonds
                                     modern  music  world.  Lotte  Leh- ing  them  together.     the _books  and start anew.   an  engagement  is  a  matter  of
       by  Marine  Barracks  and  about   mann,   Artur   Rubinstein,   and
       twice  as  many  by  the  Receiving   ,Jascha  Heifetz  are  among  the                     "The  Captain  would  take  the  choosing  life  or  death,  the  Yanks
       Ship,  the  Operational  Training   artists  scheduled  to  appear.                       brush,  dip  it  into  the  whitewash  chose  the  former,  leaving  some  of
       School,  and  the  Frontier  Base.  Of   Activities  within  the  Twelfth   Bill  Kyne  To  Stage   and  draw  a  line  down  the  center  these  women  who  had  been  mus-
       the  administrative  units,  Public                                                       of a  blank book, thus whitewashing  tered into battle dead on the battle-
       Works  sold  more  than  five  times,   Naval  District  are  requested  to   Big  Christmas  Party   the sins  of  all  those who were  Jan- fields after a  vicious counter-attack.
                                     notify  the  Personnel  Assistance                          guishing in  the  brig for  one  reason
       Ship's  Service  more  than  four
                                     Office  by  telephoning MArket 3828,   Bill  Kyne,  genial  manager.  of I or alfother.  The men would  then  go  Tug  O'War  "Dood _It"
       times,  and  the  Commissary  De-
                                     extension  790,  as  to  the  number  of  Bay  Meadows,  is  completing  final   forward  and  give  thr-ee  cheers  for
       partment  more  than  three  times                                                                                        It's rough going most of the way,
                                     naval  personnel  desiring  to  attend  arrangements for his big Christmas
       as  many  as  in  July.                                                                   the  Captain,  and  everyone  would  but  ocean-beaten  tugs  of  the  War
                                     each  concert the  day  before.   Tree  Party.   ·          make merry, including the unfortu- Shipping  Administration's  Fleet
         That  the  quota  was  attainable
                                       A ·  corresponding  number  of   .This  party  will  be  staged  in  19   nates who had  been  jn the brig.   have towed Navy equipment a  total
       is shown  by the fact  that the Fron-  tickets  will  be  held  at  the  box  Bay  Area  Hospitals.  Treasure  Is-  "Usually  we  were.  given  two  of 527,171 miles in both the Atlantic
       Uer  Base,  Operational  Training   office  of  the  War  Memorial  Opera  land  Hospital  will  receive  gifts  as   bottles of beer a  day -  better than  and  Pacific  waters.
       School  and  Radio  Materiel  School   Rouse  for  each  performance.  Con- a  part  of  the  party.  A  show  will   the 3.2  of  today -  but on  this  day   These sea-going tugs o' war have
       exceeded  their  quotas.  Of  the  Ad-  c-erts  on  Friday  afternoons  will  be  presented  on  .the  Wards  with   we were  given  an  extra bottle,  and  been  actively  engaged  in  trans-
       ministrative  units,  the  Supply  De-  begin  at 1415  and  on  Thusday eve- presentation of gifts.   the  suds  were  part of  the  high  life  ocean  towing  and  during  the  first
       partment,  Disbursing  Department,   nings  at 2000.          Mr.  Kyne,  great  humanitarian  of the  day aboard.      ten months of this year,  they deliv-
       Fire  Protection  Unit,  Ship's  Serv-
                                                                   that  he  is,  will  not  stop  with  a   "This  custom  was  called  'white-  ered  21  tows,  consisting  of  329
       ice  Department  and  Personnel  De-
                                     and  the  spirit of  the workers  mak- Christmas  Party.  He  intends  to  washing the books,'  "  and with this I units.
       partment exceeded  their quotas.
                                     ing  the  canvass  was  _considerably  carry  the  holiday  spirit  to  New  last  statement  Lt.  Commander
         The  largest  per  capita  subscrip- improved.  Without  the  competition  Year's  Day,  the  day  of  the  Shrine  Macklin  walked away.  W-e  thought  Quote-worthy
       tion  was  made  by  the  Operational  ,:>t"  Santa Claus,  results  would  have  football  game.  He  has  placed  an  we  detected  a  bit  of  a  twinkle  in
                                                                                                                                 ''.If  you  don't  believe  in  full  co-
       Training School -  $51.18.    been  much  better.  The  outlook  for  order for  2500  tickets  to  this  foot- his  eye.  Could  it  be  that  qe  was  operation  see  what  happens  to  a
         Organization  for  the  campaign  the  Indep~ndence  Day  drive  is  in- , ball  game  and  its  colorful  pre-  thinking  of  those  Christmas  day  wagon  when  you  take  one  whee)
       was  far  superior  to  that  in "July,  deed  bright.      game  pageant.                suds from the better-than-3.2 beer?  off."
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