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     VOL.  111- No. 35                                    TREASURE  ISLAND, SAN  FRANCISCO, CALIF.                                       OCTOBER 14, 1944

     Grand Opening  of Hostess ·House Monday




                                                                                               Hostess  House  for  Enlisted  Personnel

                                                                                              To  be  Officially  Opened  at 1500
                                                                                                   On Monday, October 16th, 1944, Commodore R. W. Cary,
                                                                                               USN, Commander  U.  S.  Naval  Training  and  Distribution
                                                                                               Center,  will  officially open the doors  of the Hostess House
                                                                                               on Treasure Island for the enlisted personnel under his com-
                                                                                               mand.
                                                                                                   In a  brochure put out for the Hostess House,  Commo-
                                                                                              dore  R.  W.  Cary  said,  "Undoubtedly  the  greatest  single
                                                                                               sacrifice made by our service men and women is the severance
                                                                                              ·of home  and family ties.  Any program  or service  that fills
                                                                                              the gap  caused by the absence of home influence  is  an im-
                                                                                               portant factor in maintaining morale.
                                                                                                "It is our  purpose to provide all  stitution  and  the  donors  whose
                                                                                              the  entertainment and recreational  generosity has added so many com~
                                                                                              facilities  possible  for  the  large  forts  and  conveniences."
                                                                                              number  of  men  temporarily  sta-  In  order  to  tell  you  about  the
                                                                                               tioned  here.  We  want them  to feel  Hostess House, we have to go back
                                                                                              that  the  Navy  is  doing  its  best  to  to  the  early  autumn  of  1943.  One
                                                                                              make their stay at Treasure Island  morning Rear Admiral Hugo Oster-
                                                                                              a  pleasant  one.  .           haus,  who  at that  time  was  Cbm-
                                                                                                "Therefore,  I  feel  that  the  dedi- mander of U. S. Naval Training and
                                                                                              cation  of  Hostess  House  is  an  im- Distribution Center of Treasure Is-
                                                                                              portant milestone in the growth of  land,  paid a visit  to  the  Treasure
                                                                                              Treasure Island as a  Navy base.   Island  Chapel.  During  the  course
                                                                                                "I  congratulate  and  extend  my  of  his  visit,  Mrs.  Virginia  Nielson,
                                                                                              appreciation to those whose wisdom  (who at that time was receptionist
                                                                                              and  energy  have  planned  this  in- and  secretary  at  the  Chapel)  dis-
                                                                                                                             cussed a  site  suitable for  the Hos-
                                                                                                                             tess  House  where the enlisted per-
                                                                                               WIN  WAR  BONDS               sonnel may relax in their  off  duty
                                                                                                                             hours,  without  leaving  Treasure
                                                                                                 A  contest will  be  held  between   Island.  After  due  consideration,
                                                                                                now  and  the  end  of  October, of-  Rear  Admiral  Hugo  W.  Osterhaus
                                                                                               fering  War  Bonds  as  prizes  for   gave  his  approval  for  the  con-
                                                                                               the  best  posters  submitted  by   struction  of  the  project.
     NAVAL  HEADS  CONFER-After  playing  host  to   verses with Rear Admiral C.  H.  Wright, Commandant                      The Hostess House from then on
     the  leading  newspaper  men  in  the  Bay  Area  at  a   of the Twelfth  Naval  District, and  Commodore  R.  W.   Treasure  Island  personnel.
     press conference on Treasure Island, Senator David  I.   Cary, Commander U.S. Naval Training and  Distribu-  Posters  are  for  use  in  adver-  had  his  unfailing  interest.  When
     Walsh,  Chairman  of  Naval  Affairs  Committee,  con-  tion  Center.                     tising the Pearl  Harbor Day Cash   Commodore  R.  W.  Cary  was  ap-
                                                                                               War  Bond  Drive which  will  take   pointed  Commander  U.  S.  Naval
     'JAPS WILL  NOT FOLD  UP'-WALSH                             leges, schools and have become ex-  place  December 1 to  December 8.   Training  and  Distribution  Center,
                                                                                                                             he  heartily  endorsed  the  project
                                                                 perts and so well  trained  in  naval
                                                                                                 All  of  you  artists,  get  started
                                                                 techniques it is hard to distinguish  on  your  plans  as  the  contest   and added his enthusiasm to hasten
     Naval  Affairs  Chairman  Warns Against                     them  from  regular  Navy  men.  It  definitely  closes  October 31,  and   its completion.
     Hope  of  Early  Defeat of Oriental  Foe                    is  almost  unbelievable  that  we  the time is short.       From  the  time Mrs.  Nielson got
                                                                 could  develop  such  a  wonderful   Complete  details  will  be  fur-  her approval, which is just about a
       Arm  - chair  philosophers,  portant  as  the  war  progresses   body of Navy men in  such a  short  nished .. If  you  don't  hear  about   year  ago,  she  designed,  supervised
     prophets  and  war  strategists   against Japan.            time,  for  it  takes  versatility  and  them, ask  Lt.  L.  G.  Harrier, who   and  planned  the  Hostess  House
                                    The  Bay  Area  is  "the  most  es-                                                      from  a  vacant  lot  to  the  stately
     are  destined  for  disappoint-                             capacity to  turn from  a  peacetime  is  in  charge.
                                   sential naval  area from  the  stand-
     ment  if  they  believe  Japan   point  of  location  and  convenience   vocation to a  wartime vocation."                   (Continued on page 4)
     will  fold  up,  according  to  for  naval  operations,"  declared
     United  States  Senator David  Senator Walsh, "and it is one of the
     I.  Walsh  (D.,  Mass.),  Chair-  best -  if  not  the  best  -  in  the
                                   country;  San Francisco  has  one  of
     man  of  Naval  Affairs  Com-
                                   the  best harbors  in the  world,  and
     mittee.                       is supremely important  as  a  naval
       In  a  press  conference  at   area."
     Treasure  Island,  with  Rear  Lauds  Treasure  Island
     Admiral  C.  H.  Wright,  Com-  The Senator praised Treasure  ls-
                                   land for its great participation as a
     mandant of the Twelfth Naval
                                   vital  link  in  the  Bay  Ar,ea  chain ,of
     District,  and  Commodore  R.   wartime  activiti,es.  He  manif,ested
     W.  Cary,  Commander  U.  S.  surprise at the diversity, magnitude
     Naval Training and Distribu- and  general  scope o,f  activities  em-
     tion  Center,  beside  him,  the   braced  within  the  command  here
     Naval  Affairs  Chairman  told  the   and  beli,eves that this  base  is  bound
     gentlemen of the press that "Japan   to  become  the  No.  1  naval  station
                                   in  the future. "It will,  in  the course
     will  not  fold  up."  He  added  that
     "In Washington the  feeling  begins   o.f  time,  be  of  equal  importance  to
     to  prevail  that  the  European  war   San  Dieg,o,"  he  stated.
     will last longer than we hoped last   Enlisted  Men  Praised
     spring.  We  feel  that  it  may  last   A  tribute was paid to the enlisted
                                   men  when  Senator  Walsh  said,
     quite a  while and that the war with
                                   "The impression that has been most
     Japan will go on for at least a  year
                                   emphatic  is  the  training  and  th€
     and  possibly  two  or  three  years."
                                   spirit  of  the  manpower  of  the
       Apparently,  this  statement  can  Navy. I  think Americans have been
     be  interpreted  as  a  warning  that  thinking  in .. terms  of  pride  of  the
     there is much truth in his  declara- physical activities of  this  war.  Far
     tion  that  "San  Francisco  is  going  more  impressive  is  the  manner  in
     to  be  in  the  war  head  over  heels  which  the  citizenry  of  the  country
                                   responded  to  the  call  for  service
     until  we  walk  into  Tokyo."
                                   and on  this  inspection  trip,  I  have
     Bay  Area's  War  Role
                                   met  the  real  fighters-the  blue-
       The  west  coast  naval  stations
                                   jackets who man the Navy's ships."
     have  done  praisewor.thy  work  as   "A  further  tribute,"  he  added,
     one  of  the  most  important  naval  "should be  paid to  the  office·rs  and
     areas  in  the  country,  and  is  des- enlisted  men  of  the  naval  reserve
                                                                 The  camera  eye  view of the  Hostess  House  depicts   approach  the  entrance.  Inset,  Commodore  R.  W.
     tined  to  become  increasingly  im- who have .left their professions, col- the  cultural . beauty  of  a  home-like  setting  as  you   Cary,  USN,  who  will -open  Hostess  House.
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