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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."