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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.
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