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O. U. Prof. Offers Relief Joint Bank Account
TIiis weelt at tile
For Jap Brain Teasers Urged for Personnel
Recent flow of cards through the Going Overseas l/lRIIRY
station postoffice from prisoners of m THE
war in Japanese camps has brought Personnel of the Navy? Marine
The following selected accessions
numerous questions to station Corps and Coast Guard who are •Editor's es
linguists regarding the meaning of going overseas are urged by Secre- have been added to the Main Li-
brary iand consist of new fiction and
Japanese words most frequently tary Forrestal to establish a joint
non-fiction books. The library is
appearing on them. or beneficiary bank account in a
located in building H and under the
Howard Van Zandt, University savings or commercial bank in the Editor- Please thank the author ing great things; but I was dis-
of Oklahoma Japanese instructor, United States. supervision of Mrs. L. F. Barr, li- of the article, "With a Song in appointed at the first issue. It was
brarian. The new books are as
furnishes this guide to the words This suggestion is made because Their Hearts, Marine Vets Return full of WAVE news and WAVES'
follows:
most frequently appearing on it has been pointed out that, in Home." It is very inspiring as well pictures and I wondered if the rest
them. Fiction as impressive and I feel that I of the Island had been shipped out.
many instances, men overseas, Boecop-Malye-The King Tree. speak the sentim~:r_:it of the men in How about getting some of us little
mostly unmarried men, have de-
Brand- Silvertip's Chase. my division when I take the liberty guys in the paper. After all we're
sired to deposit funds in a bank in Bright- Life and Death of Little to express my gratitude. in the Navy too.
the U . S., but were unable to do so Pvt. Richard Sampson, James C. Dickerson, Flc.
because no bank account had been Jo.
CARD Brown- A Walk in the Sun. U. S. Marine Corps.
established previously. Editor's Note: Sorry fella that
Dixon- The Devil and the Deep.
Unless an account has beeri Editor's Note: Thank you Pvt. you were dissappointed in our six
Farnol- The King Liveth.
opened in a bank prior to the time Sampson, and the best -of luck to page "Masthead". After all the
Frings-God's Front Porch.
funds are to be sent, allotments Germann- Jitter Run. you always. WAVES do merit a break don't you
cannot be paid to banks for credit Gregory- Aces Wild at Golden think? By the way, I hope you like
to the account of a dependent for Editor-I have noticed that our new eight page paper better.
Eagle. many service publications utilize
POSTAL support, or for credit to the ac- Hill- My Love Must Wait.
count of the grantor for savings, interesting material and cartoons
cate. I think that Milton Caniff's 300,000 Gls Saw
nor can remittances be made under King- The Case of the Dow- from the Camp Newspaper Syndi-
the Navy Personal Remittance ager's Etchings.
Service to a bank for credit to the Leonard- The Secret of the Spa. "Male Call" and Leonard San- 'This Is The Army'
account of the remitter or some MacDonald-The Three Mes- sone's "The Wolf" would help make
quiteers. your publication more interesting.
other beneficiary. Three hundred thousand Gisover-
Mally- The Mocking Bird is Why not give them a try?
PRISONER OF WAR Name and address of the bank seas saw the Army's show, "This
Singing. Charles Hansen, Flc,
and the full title and number of Is the Army," during its tour of
Peryiell -
-1-- the bank account should be kept by Hanks. History of R o m e U . S. Navy. England and Italy, according to
,
0 the individual for ready reference, Perry- Hackelberry Cavalier. Editor's Note: Your suggestion Irving Berlin, who recently returned
//\ as this information is necessary in Pop~olcorton. is very good. An effort is being to New York ,from a four-months'
order to assure that remittances Pridgen- West Goes the Road. made to use more of this material tour with the show.
or allotments of funds are paid to each week and with a larger paper Berlin composed a • new song,
TOKYO Reisner- The House of Cobwebs.
the proper accounts. It is recom- it is hoped we may be able to de- "There Are No Wings On a Fox-
Snow- Horsethief Pass.
mended that this information be Steel- Murder Goes to College. vote more space to those interest- hole," during his tour abroad.
J;:t ,~ written on the ·P ersonal Pay Mem- Tunis- Rookie of the Year. i·ng features. Chief: Yes, he's a bit bashful, but
orandum ( S&A Form 504) . It is
normally not necessary to forward Wellman- Bowl of Brass. Editor:- I've been detached from he's led a sheltered life.
White-Peter Domanig. Treasure Island for several weeks S2c: Whattaya mean, sheltered
a savings account pass book to the
PHILIPPINES Yates- Patterns on the Wall. but I have been fortunate enough life?
bank whenever a payment is made
Non-Fiction to receive every issue of "The
to the bank. Chief: He was 27 years old be-
Bennett- Sold to the Ladies. Masthead". When I read about the fore his mother would let him read
Chang- Chiang Kai-Shek. new six page paper, I was expect- the ladies' side of the laundry list.
Cherne-The Rest of Your Life.
Questions and Answers Collingwood - Knowing Your
Trees. Fleet Is Tripled New Plastics
"CENSORED" on the Coming Election , Graham- Audel's Pumps; Hy-
draulics; air compressors. Since Beginning Satisfactory For
What States permit a service- Jacobs- Fundamentals of Optical
man inside the United States to Engineering. Of European War Combat Binoculars
fff v-ote by Federal ballot? Lampland-Hobbies for Every-
Not a single State. Therefore, body. WASHINGTON- Since the out- Meeting the rigid requirements
the postcard and the State absentee Landon- Lake Huron. break of hostilities in Europe five of military use, a new plastic ma-
INTERNMENT . CAMP ballot will be the only official Lariar- Cartooning for Every- years ago, the United States Navy terial has recently made its appear-
ance in a combat binocular, de-
body. increased the number of warships
Election War Ballot forms with signed and developed by the U. S.
which personnel other than those Lieber- The Education of T. c. in its Fleet more than three times, Naval Observatory.
Planes ·Deliver All "eligible servicemen" who depart Mits. built a huge new fleet of support- Some revolutionary features of
on outgoing overseas drafts be- Marianoff- Einstein. ing vessels and landing craft, more the combat binocular include ex-
Atlantic Area Mail tween August 1 and November 7, N eblette-Photography. ~.han trebled its firepower and mul- treme resistance to fungus growth,
1944, will be concerned. Pierson- Roughly Speaking. tiplied its air force 20 times, Sec- resistance to the corrosive effects
WASHINGTON - All outgoing Ray- Marriage is a Serious retary of the Navy James E. For-
What States accept the postcard of salt water and air, effective
letter mail handled by the Fleet as an applicati-on for a ballot under Business. restal revealed last week.
Post Office, New York, for the At- Rider- Plane and Sperical Trigo- waterproofness when submerged to
the State Balloting Law? During that period, the Secretary depths of over 100 feet, sturdy me-
lantic Area during July, left New Every State except South Caro- nometry. stated, the Navy acquired 65,000
York by plane for major overseas lina. The word "postcard" used Sanderson- Living Treasure. vessels of all types, representing a chanical construction, and fixed ad-
mail distribution centers. In quan- Swenson - Northwest of the total of more than nine million dis- justment of focusing and inter-
herein means t h e p o s t c a r d pupillary distance settings. These
tity, this amounted to more than (USWBC-Form No. 1) provided by World. placement tons, with nearly 36 per
30,000,000 pieces of V-Mail, air Thorndike-The Art of Cartoon- cent of the total representing com- characteristics make the instru-
Section 203 of the Law as an apli- ment exceptionally well suited to
mail, and regular letter mail. cation for a ballot under State ing. batant ships, and 22 per cent land-
The areas affected by this spe- ing craft. the rough use encountered in the •
cial service were England, the Med- baHoting laws. 78 Pla-nes Daily tropics, in amphibious operations,
What States which accept the Rommel, Count Your Men
iterranean Theatre, North Africa, "During the same period," he and in submarines.
postcard as an application for a The necessity to develop a plas-
South Atlantic, and Caribbean ballot under the State Balloting -Battle-Cry of American said, "the Navy accepted a total of
bases. Local distribution of the 57,600 planes. Monthly production tic formulation which would keep
mail from the major overseas de- Law will not accept the postcard Howitzer Battalion of Navy airplanes five years ago its dimentional stability over long
pots was handled through normal for purposes -of registration? averaged only 12 per month as con- periods .of exposure to tropical and
channels. Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, Blasting its way through France, trasted with recent acceptances of Arctic conditions came about be-
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisi- cause there was no commercial
the crack 155mm Howitzer Bat- 78 per day. This total number of
A GI haircut is nothing but a _ana, Mississippi, Montana, South plastic material available.
talion of the 333rd FA, which is Navy planes on hand today is 20
scrubbing brush that breathes. Carolina, and West Virginia. The material developed not only
made up of Colored Gis, has a now- times as great as the planes on fulfills these requirements but ex-
famous battle-cry that takes its hand at the beginning of the Euro- ceeds them in its performance. The
ARMED GUARD WINS TROPHY • • • place with the best of them. pean war. The Navy aircraft pro- plastic binocular is capa'ble of with-
duction job is far from complete.
Before firing the Gis cry-"Rom- In the next 12 months the Navy standing far more shock than an
mel, count your men," and when requires and has scheduled for de- aluminum binocular which had
been previously used. The resist-
the shell hits, they yell, "Rommel livery more than 30,000 planes.
. . . how many men you got now?" "Production of ordnance materia' ance of the plastic material to the
Since landing on the Cherbourg has been expanded immensely to penetration of moisture and fungus
provides additional important ad-
Peninsula, June 30th, the battalion meet the demands of arming the
vantages which have become in-
has fired 10,000 rounds to date into ships and planes of the Navy. In
creasingly apparent with the ex-
the myth of the Aryan superman an average month the Bureau of
tension of military operations into
with devastating effect, repox:ts Sgt. Ordnance now expends almost three
wet and swampy areas.
Bill Davidson, in the recent issue times the total amount expended
of YANK, the Army Weekly. in the entire first year of the period. This new instrument is suited for
mass production because of its
One of the things the battalion "For every person serving in the molded plastic body and simplified
is most proud of is the time it Navy, Marine Corps and Coast design. When wartime needs - are
scored a direct hit on the turret of Guard in September 1937, there are
filled, the binocular is expected to
a Tiger tank at 16,000 yards. Con- over 24 today, and this figure become available for civilian use.
sidering that 16,000 yards is over ~11 be increased when authorized
nine miles, that the 155mm How- strength is reach~d the middle of spend over $118 billion. Not all of
itzer has a very high projectile, next year. Combined strength has this sum has been committed or
that the target wall completely out grown from 152,086 officers and expended. Commitments, or those
of sight and that even if it were enlisted personnel on Sept. 1, 1939, sums which the Navy has had or
visible a Tig~r tank would have to 3,717,000 today. will have to pay, now amount to
looked about as big as a Maryland Big Task Ahead over $91 billion. Expenditures to
chigger, Rommel really has reason "Congress has authorized the liquidate these commitments have
to check up on his men. . Navy_ during the past five years to amounted to · nearly $65 billion.