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~~ let us pretend you want to return
to your old job, which is exactly
A
p Her,e Is What You Do
.::--- --?~,,., what many GI's want to do.
In the first place you have to ap-
ply to your ex-employer for your
,1£-.;;;
I, old position within forty days after Transferred from this activity to
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your discharge from the service. duty afloat are C. L. Fabisa.ck,
-r', Once you have done this, he has to GM3c, L. E. Bennett, GM3c, and
_:-=_ ~" take you back unless his circum- W. K. Green, GM3c. Fair sailing,
stances have changed so as "to boys.
make it impossible or unreasonable Last week the Recognition De-
to retinstate" you. partment lost one of its oldest mem-
After you have made your appli- bers- Lt. (jg) Danzero was ordered
cation, the law states that your old to Seattle for duty aboard a ship
employer must take you back with- which is being outfitted there. Fare-
* out loss_ of seniority and he cannot well to you Mr. Danzero and best
\ \ l 11 I ..;..;.I fire you "without cause" within a wishes from all members of your
\\l }1f: _) :=- -,- year. department and the school.
'In addition to the protection you
get under the law, the CIO and Yesterday morning wedding bells
1_-= in Salt Lake City rang for our Di- .
AFL have agreed to give you a vision Officer, Lt. (jg) James R.
':::~ month of job security for every Jack. Mr. Jack took as his bride
month you were in the service after
Miss Ila Coon, a childhood sweet-
September 1, 1940. This applies not heart. After a very brief honey-
only to veterans who were union
moon in Utah the happy couple will
members before their induction but return to San Francisco.
also to those who worked but did Last week two of our men re-
not belong to a union and to those
who never held a job before. turned from the Treasure Island
Hospital. They were J . Koniki, Cox.,
You May Fil,e Suit and B. Williams, Cox. We are glad
If your old boss should fail to give
you your job back after you have to see you back, boys, and hope
made application, you can fiie suit you are feeling better. Also re-
in U. S. District Court where, if he ceived into Ship's company were
W. E. Butler, FClc, and W. K.
is reasonably sa_tisfied that you
have a case, the U. s. Attorney will Elliott, FC3c. These men have both
handle your case without cost to been assigned a,s instructors in our
you. Gunnery School.

ARMED GUARD BAND HAS PLAYED
ALL OVER THE PACIFIC

You might go so far as to say Those of you who have been to
they hold an oli;ve branch in one Australia know how the Aussie
hand and a sword in the other. girls like to jitterbug and how the
"They"- eight members of the Yanks like their own home talent
Armed' Guard Center, are sea-going when it comes to orchestra music.
gunners with a side-line. They play Well, what do you suppose the re-
dance music (they're hep with the action was in Sydney one night
jive-slightly mellow). when the Armed Guard Band
ARMED GUARD SPORTS New Service Center Open MILLION NAVY MEN It was about one year ago that showed up to play in one of the
The Moffett Field bowlers took · The grand opening of the CIO TRAINED IN ONE YEAR · these Guardsmen got together to large dance halls? Are you kid-
the measure of an Armed Guard Servicemen's Center, located at 150 . form the Armed Guard Band. Since ding ?
Center team by a 266-pin margin Golden Gate Avenue, San Fran- WASHINGTON - Navy Secre- then they have played virtually all The band members showed up all
recently when the Treasure Island cisco, for men and women of the over the Pacific, bringing joy to over the map-wherever their ship
tary Forrestal reported tonight
players journeyed to the Moffett Armed Forces and Merchant Ma- the homesick sailor, delight to the dropped anchor. From the halls of
that the Navy trained 1,303,554
alleys. Hi_gh point getter was rine, is slated for tonight at 9 p. m. officers and enlisted personnel in Australian jitterbugs and an envi- Treasure Island to the shores of
WA VE Kramer, Y3c, of Moffett The Center will be opened daily the year ending last June 30. able record for themselves that Island N oname, if you care to para-
Field, who splattered the maples thereafter from noon to midnight. This, he said, represented crews could well shape up into something phrase the Marine song and stay
for a game of 235 to break all rec- The Center includes a lounge, of 4063 new Navy vessels of all worthy of the attention of the more out of trouble with Naval Intelli-
ords in that neighborhood for fem- prolific writers. And that's not just gence.
writing room, music room, infor- types, plus more than 20,000 land-
inine bowlers. The band has also proved a hit
mation desk and library. ing craft and additions to the per- a fancy afterthought.
Representing the Guardsmen All membe·rs of the Armed Forces, sonnel of the rapidly expanding The~e bluejackets have gone on the domestic scene. They have
were Dorothea Donham, Y2c; Helen including the Merchant Marine, are naval air service. about their regular Navy duties literally played all over the place-
McBride, Ylc; Laura Stassi, Y2c;
cordially invited to take advantage He reported, also, that of the 2,- ever since they were organized. at shipyards to put over a War
Alvin Hoare, Y2c; Jack Gallagher, of this opportunity. It is hoped that 987,311 personnel in the Navy on They have stood gun watches, Bond drive, at USO and other ga.th-
Y2c; _and Adolph Danes; Y3c. A re- this Center will contribute greatly June 30, approximately 83 per cent showed up for inspections, cleaned e~ngs, and regularly (when they
turn game is being planned for the to their enjoyment while in San had been added since the Japanese their guns and other shipboard are aboard) for Sunday matinee
alleys in the Treasure Island Gym.
Francisco. attack on Pearl Harbor December gear, stood battle stations. But the dances at the Armed Guard Center
7, 1941. band played on. lounge.
Navy Blue! Despite the extensive training They recently went · to sea as Recently they were presented
I've put your clothes away, "Come and· Get It" - - program of the· last year, he said, members of an Armed Guard Unit with a certificate by the San Fran-
Your shoes of brown, a suit of gray, "The Navy will be required, in the aboard a large troopship. At knocks cisco Stage Door Canteen "in ap-
And ties of various hue. New USO Show Here current fiscal year, to train ap- off time, instead of hitting their preciation of loyal and outstanding
You can not use them now proximately 600,0Q0 new personnel sacks, they set up shop and eased voluntary service. . ." That's the
Today you wear the Navy Blue. With all the zip and vitality who are expected to be drawn into the pangs of loneliness in many a way the Canteen expressed its feel-
The house seems sort of empty, characteristic of the USO Camp the service from civilian life by young soldier's heart as tunes of ings, and their words a.bout sum it
last week and yesteryear welled up for the Armed Guard Center as
son, Shows, "Come and Get It" was pre- June 30, 1945.
Though by the door I see your gun, sented to a capacity audience of "The collapse of Germany will I from their instruments. a whole.
result in no curtailment of the
Your pipe is lying on the stand. enthusiastic bluejackets at Theatre
Navy's training program," he con-
Just as left by your careless hand No. 1 September 11 and 12. Fea- They're Hep With Jive . • •
The day you went away. tured in the show were Gracie tinued. "The continued successful
My son, I wait, and waiting pray, Scott, scintillating "Brazilian prosecution of the war against
You soon will wear your suit of b,ombshell"; that buxom veteran of Japan will require, according to
gray, the vaudeville stage, Kay Lavell, present estimates, tliat the Navy
continue to expand until it reached
And shoes of brown. But until you and many other acrobatic, musical
do and novelty numbers. a strength of 3,389,000 by June
God bless the Navy Blue. 30, 1945."
Definitions not found in Navy
manuals: An Ensign is a guy who T. I. Softball League Treasury Department
sometimes looks back wistfully and w L Pct Formulating . Plans
wishes he were an enlisted man
again-or at least a Lieutenant. Armed Guard 5 1 833 F s·. h
or 1xt War Loan
D.D. Pool 5 1 833
During a blizzard on WASHINGTON-The Treasury
* * * New York's
lower East Side, someone started ANTS 5 1 833 Department is formulating plans
yelling "Hitler! Hitler!" People Industrial 3 1 750 for the Sixth War Loan Drive
rushed out to see what was going Frontier Base 3 1 750 which is tenta.tiveJy scheduled to
on. ·They found a pushcart peddler Post Office 2 4 333 begin the middle of November for DUAL ROLE-Pictured above is the eight-man Armed Guard Band, a rather unique
causing the commotion. A cop Gym 2 4 333 a period of six weeks. organization In Naval annals. They can play the latest in waltz or boogie woogie-for
they are skilled musicians -
or they can play havoc with an enemy target, for they
asked, "·What are you shouting Announcement in connection with are trained gunners. The band recently returned from a wide swing in the Pacific
T. I. Docs 1 3 250
Hitler for?" ~•If I yelled apples," Navy participation in the forth- where they entertained troops and others at nights and took care of their Naval chores
in the day. Left to right, front row, they are Vernon Quall!, Slc (trumpet); Don
answered the peddler, "who would R. M. S. 1 4 200 coming drive will be released in Kress; Slc (trombone) ; Leon Scrugham, Slc (tenor saxophone) ; Neal Baggett, Slc
(guitar). Back row: Pete Sevilla, Slc (vocalist); David Lugone, Slc, drummer and
come out on a day like this?" Receiving Ship 0 6 000 the very near future. organizer of the band; · Bob Strickland, Slc (bass); and Roy Maroquin (piano).